MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES

This book is an enlarged and vastly revised version of a similar and very popular title which was first published in 1994 with subsequent numerous reprints. More than ever the management of Human Resources in any organisation is a key success factor. Many people would agree that Human Resources Management is one of the most difficult tasks in operating a business - if not the most difficult. Increasingly in many cases the only difference between companies selling similar products or services at almost identical prices and identical trading terms is their people. Thus, maximising the potential of your people is of paramount importance in business. Successful Human Resources involves many stages from recruitment to induction, training and ideally promotion to mention but a few stages. Many organisations fail to harness and utilise their most valuable and potentially their most lucrative resource - their people. To do this successfully of course involves motivation and making people feel that they are an important part of the business. The business press on almost a daily basis gives coverage to the latest round of retrenchments which often fly in the face of sound Human Resource management. A recent and highly publicised case of a major retail chain hiring a new CEO was followed a short time after by news of major retrenchments by the new CEO! This book is intended as an aid for those who wish to study and learn the basics of Human Resources and to act as a prompt for those wishing to write their own Human Resources manual - from the novice small business operator to Human Resource professionals.