The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook
The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook

Author: Jack E. Edwards

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2003-07-22

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 9780761923961

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The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook is the first book to present state-of-the-art procedures for evaluating and improving human resources programs. Editors Jack E. Edwards, John C. Scott, and Nambury S. Raju provide a user-friendly yet scientifically rigorous "how to" guide to organizational program-evaluation. Integrating perspectives from a variety of human resources and organizational behavior programs, a wide array of contributing professors, consultants, and governmental personnel successfully link scientific information to practical application. Designed for academics and graduate students in industrial-organizational psychology, human resources management, and business, the handbook is also an essential resource for human resources professionals, consultants, and policy makers.

The Human Resources Software Handbook
The Human Resources Software Handbook

Author: James G. Meade

Publisher: Pfeiffer

Published: 2012-01-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781118336335

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The Human Resources Software Handbook is the essential resource written for HR professionals with little or no background in information technology. This book will be your hands-on guide for answering the most important software selection questions including: Is this software company a sound business enterprise? Will this product solve real HR problems? Does the product have any hidden costs? Have those who have purchased this product been happy with the results?

Introduction to Business
Introduction to Business

Author: Lawrence J. Gitman

Publisher:

Published: 2024-09-16

Total Pages: 1455

ISBN-13:

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Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond. This is an adaptation of Introduction to Business by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Evaluating Human Resources Programs
Evaluating Human Resources Programs

Author: Jack E. Edwards

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-05-04

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 078799670X

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Evaluating Human Resources Programs is a groundbreaking book that offers readers a systematic method for enhancing the value and impact of HR and supporting its emerging role as a strategic organizational leader. It provides a practical framework for adjusting and realigning strategies across all types of HR programs. The authors outline a proven six-phase process that will maximize the likelihood of a successful HR program evaluation, including real-world techniques, strategies, and examples to illustrate their recommended steps and actions.

Research Anthology on Human Resource Practices for the Modern Workforce
Research Anthology on Human Resource Practices for the Modern Workforce

Author: Management Association, Information Resources

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-12-30

Total Pages: 2224

ISBN-13: 1668438747

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Human resource departments have been a crucial part of business practices for decades and particularly in modern times as professionals deal with multigenerational workers, diversity initiatives, and global health and economic crises. There is a necessity for human resource departments to change as well to adapt to new societal perspectives, technology, and business practices. It is important for human resource managers to keep up to date with all emerging human resource practices in order to support successful and productive organizations. The Research Anthology on Human Resource Practices for the Modern Workforce presents a dynamic and diverse collection of global practices for human resource departments. This anthology discusses the emerging practices as well as modern technologies and initiatives that affect the way human resources must be conducted. Covering topics such as machine learning, organizational culture, and social entrepreneurship, this book is an excellent resource for human resource employees, managers, CEOs, employees, business students and professors, researchers, and academicians.

Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement
Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement

Author: James C. McDavid

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2012-10-25

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 145228959X

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Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice, Second Edition offers an accessible, practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations, and has been extensively updated since the first edition. Using examples, it covers topics in a detailed fashion, making it a useful guide for students as well as practitioners who are participating in program evaluations or constructing and implementing performance measurement systems. Authors James C. McDavid, Irene Huse, and Laura R. L. Hawthorn guide readers through conducting quantitative and qualitative program evaluations, needs assessments, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, as well as constructing, implementing and using performance measurement systems. The importance of professional judgment is highlighted throughout the book as an intrinsic feature of evaluation practice.

Pragmatic Program Evaluation for Social Work
Pragmatic Program Evaluation for Social Work

Author: Allen Rubin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-07-31

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781108799096

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Be prepared for your future role in a service-oriented agency. This textbook provides practical guidance on program evaluation while avoiding replicating other course material. Drawing on over 40 years of subject knowledge, Allen Rubin describes outcome designs that are feasible for service-oriented agencies and that match the degree of certainty needed by key users of outcome evaluations. The utility and easy calculation of within-group effect sizes are outlined, which enhance the value of evaluations that lack control groups. Instructions are also given on how to write and disseminate an evaluation report in a way maximizes its chances of being used. Conducting focus group interviews and capitalising on the value of non-probabilitysamples will become second nature after following the effective and pragmatic advice mapped out chapter-by-chapter.

Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods
Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods

Author: Jack J. Phillips

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 1136010424

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This new, third edition of Jack Phillips's classic Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods shows the reader not only how to design, implement, and assess the effectiveness of HRD programs, but how to ultimately measure their return on investment (ROI). Each chapter has been revised and updated to include additional research, expanded coverage, and new examples of Dr. Phillips's case studies. Seven entirely new chapters have also been added, focusing largely on ROI.

Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Resources for Health
Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Resources for Health

Author: Mario Roberto Dal Poz

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789241547703

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This handbook offers health managers, researchers and policy makers a comprehensive and standard reference for monitoring and evaluating human resources for health. It brings together an analytical framework with strategy options for improving the health workforce information and evidence base, as well as country experiences to highlight approaches that have worked. It is a joint publication of the World Health Organization, World Bank and United States Agency for International Development.--Publisher's description.