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The Human Resources Glossary, Third Edition: The Complete Desk Reference for HR Executives, Managers, and Practitioners
William R. Tracey Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1574443518 |
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The fast paced world of human resources (HR) management, development, and utilization requires HR professionals to fill many roles and speak many "languages." The Human Resources Glossary answers the demand for a single authoritative source that compiles and explains the vocabulary of HR practitioners. This glossary defines HR terms and explains their context, use, and managerial implications in 56 of the most important HR areas, including benefits, compensation, disability, discipline, employee services, health care, organization development, productivity, hiring practices, employee testing, training, travel management, meeting management, and work measurement.
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An interesting book just to thumb through........1999-03-11
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Benefits And Compensation Glossary
Manufacturer: Intl Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0891545972 |
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The employee benefits area is complex and rapidly changing, and both new and experienced people can find the language of benefits confusing and complicated. This glossary is designed to provide a practical, easy-to-use guide to terminology presently used in the employee benefits field. From actuarial cost to zero-coupon bonds, from adverse selection to zero premium, this reference book guides you through the wide range of sometimes-complex employee benefit terms. Drawn from U.S. and Canadian sources, some 2,500 terms from the accounting, compensation, regulatory and legal, health care, human resources, international, investment and labor areas are defined as they apply to the benefits field. An indispensable list of almost 800 abbreviations and acronyms puts you in the know. This practical, easy-to-use glossary of terminology presently used in the employee benefits field guides you through a wide range of employee benefit terms and includes an indispensable list of almost 800 abbreviations and acronyms. International Foundation. 166 pages. Quantity discounts available. Also available in e-Book and CD-ROM. 2005.
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The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resource Management (Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management)
Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0631210792 |
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The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resource Management provides clear, concise, up to the minute and highly informative definitions and explanations of the key concepts covering the whole of the fast changing field of human resource management. Bringing together specially commissioned and carefully edited entries from an international team of the world's best known and respected scholars and teachers, this will become the standard reference for students, researchers, academics and practitioners. The Dictionary has been carefully designed to give both the expert and the newcomer overviews with succinct presentations of the most important traditional and contemporary issues in human resource management. With entries ranging from extended explorations of major topics to short definitions of key terms, this major reference work gives the user: Authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the whole field, from strategic to international HRM, with in-depth articles in technical areas such as personnel selection, compensation, and legal environment.A fully indexed and cross-referenced for detailed research with relevant citations for further study.Definitive entries covering the very latest development in human resource management from downsizing and TQM to the effects of the World Wide Web.A completely international perspective and author base. This dictionary is part of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management which contains ten further volumes of the key areas of management science developed under the editorship of Professor Cary Cooper from the Manchester School of Management and Professor Chris Argyris of Harvard Business School.Customer Reviews:
Simply Outstanding.......2001-09-29
A wealth of information, strongly recommended!.......1999-03-02
A wealth of information, strongly recommended!.......1999-03-02
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Lexikon - Landschafts- und Stadtplanung / Dictionary - Landscape and Urban Planning / Dictionnaire - Paysage et urbanisme / Diccionario - Paisaje y urbanismo: ... de protection del'environnement / Lexico mu
IFLA-Arbeitsgruppe "Übersetzung techn. Begriffe" , E.B. Ballard , B.de W. Coffin , D. Elsworth , W. Oehme , I. Oquinena , J.-M. Schmerber , and R.E. Stipe Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Accessories:
ASIN: 3540679081 |
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Dieses umfangreiche Nachschlagewerk enthält neben den entsprechenden Übersetzungen ausführliche Erläuterungen und Definitionen in den Sprachen Deutsch (Leitsprache), britischem Englisch, amerikanischem Englisch, Französisch und Spanisch (Spanien und Lateinamerika). Schwerpunktmäßig werden dabei u.a. folgende Fachgebiete abgedeckt: Garten-und Landschaftsbau, Ingenieurbiologie, Vergabewesen und Honorarwesen für Architekten und Ingenieure, Landschaftspflege, Naturschutz, Bodenkunde, Geomorphologie, Ökologie, Städtebau, Erholungsplanung, jeweils mit den entsprechenden Verweisen auf die nationale Gesetzgebung. Für die über etwa 10,000 Termini ist die Leitsprache Deutsch, entsprechende Indices werden in Englisch, Französisch und Spanisch aufgelistet. This unique 'quinqualingual' dictionary covers terms which concern the planning, design and protection of the environment. The languages are German, British and American English, French, and Spanish, together with many Latin-American equivalents. It is intended for the use of landscape architects, urban planners, nature conservationists and environmentalists, as well as planning practices, research and educational institutes and contains a total of approximately 10,000 termini. The terms have not simply been translated. As often as possible various interpretations at the planning, legal or technical level were also included in the definitions, with cross references to generic and specific terms, thus adding to the precise meaning and allowing clarification of the scope of each term. In the case of those terms which are not used, or as yet unknown, in one or another of the languages, helpful suggestions have been made for their translation. Definitions in each of the five languages are a valuable aid in understanding and provide alternative wordings for everyday use.
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Evaluation Thesaurus
Michael Scriven Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0803943644 |
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"Any evaluator who reaches for this thesaurus as I would reach for Roget's will be rewarded with rather more than a lesson on the definition of terms. Far from being a quick fix, Michael Scriven reminds us that a thesaurus is "a treasury or storehouse of knowledge"--in this case a knowledge base that he argues is needed to underpin a new, emerging, "transdiscipline" of evaluation."
--International Journal of Nursing Studies
"This new edition is almost three times as large as the third edition and now serves as a comprehensive survey of the field. It fits neatly in the literature between glossaries and encyclopedias for those who find the latter too exhaustive and the former too brief to meet their needs. Evaluation Thesaurus, 4th Edition, begins with an extensive introduction to the nature of evaluation followed by an alphabetical listing of topics treated. . . . Definitions are presented in informal language and the use of the jargon of educational evaluation does much to demystify the concepts treated. . . . The book can be used either as a text to help orient beginners in the field or as a reference guide that will be useful for the more experienced practitioner. It will make a fine addition to any library offering courses in educational administration at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level."
--American Library Association
"If you are to have one book related to evaluation research, this is the one it should be. . . . For readers unfamiliar with Dr. Michael Scriven, you are in for a treat! For those of us who are familiar with his work, we are able to journey again with a scholar whose analytical abilities and writing style provide an opportunity for intense thought. . . . He is careful to provide a comprehensive list of acronyms and abbreviations to help the reader fully digest this massive amount of information. The work is comprehensive while being presented in an efficient and effective format. . . . This book is replete with information that will contribute to improved knowledge of evaluation for both those professionals actively involved in such research as well as those new to these practices."
--Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling
"A well-established treasure, now more than double in size, useful for students and practitioners alike. Not only are useful, concise definitions for technical acronyms and words provided, but also substantial essays on terms Michael Scriven has invented to make important points. In spite of the alphabetical ordering, it would be useful as the first text in a program evaluation course. The Scrivenesque bias would be all too good."
--Donald T. Campbell, Lehigh University
"There are many interesting ideas in there, e.g., the scope of evaluation, product, program, personnel, policy, proposal, the idea of evaluation theory across all these fields, the distinctions among theory metatheory, methodology and application, what different fields have contributed to the development of evaluation, the types of disciplines, connections among disciplines, etc., etc, --the book is a treasure house of productive, innovative ideas."
--Ernest R. House, University of Colorado at Boulder "The Evaluation Thesaurus, Fourth Edition, is highly recommended for any library, student, or professional interested in evaluation."
--American Reference Book Annual
Written by one of the leaders in evaluation, Evaluation Thesaurus, Fourth Edition provides readers with a quick analysis of the leading concepts, positions, acronyms, processes, techniques, and checklists in the field of evaluation. Containing nearly 2000 entries, Michael Scriven's thesaurus offers professionals and students a guide for understanding the relation of evaluation to the doctrine of value-free social science, ways to integrate the parts of multi-dimensional evaluations into an overall rating, the realities of evaluation consulting, and techniques for the use of spreadsheets in qualitative evaluation. Topics new to this edition include: recent work in personnel evaluation and its relevance to program evaluation; new material on the evaluation of scientific theories; new ways to extend objective testing beyond multiple choice items without loss of speed of correcting; new uses of computers in evaluation; analyses of related concepts such as diagnosis, policy, etiology, risk assessment, focus groups, quality circles and the economic realities of consulting including conflict of interest; types of contract; and press releases.
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Infuriating but essential.......2003-11-13
Michael Scriven has strong views about the place, role and requirements of evaluation, and he uses this book, amongst other things, to lecture on these subjects. The book starts with an extended introduction to (Scriven's view of) the place of evaluation within the academic world, much of which is focused on an over-extended geographical metaphor of academic disciplines. The point of this is an attempt to stake elevaluation's claim to independence as a "trans-discipline" servicing other disciplines in a similar fashion to statistics. (Despite this declaration of independence, Scriven himself is employed within a School of Education)
More useful are the entries themselves, which alert readers to issues such as the "Harvard fallacy" (the assumption that a programme must be good because of its outcomes, without considering any advantages that it might derive, for example from having exceptional student intakes) and the fact that evaluators cannot avoid making value judgements.
You do not have to agree with Scriven, but you need to address the issues he raises if you are serious about evaluation.
Hard-Won Lessons in Program Evalution : Summer 1993 (New Dir.......2001-12-30
The best.......2000-06-23
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A Dictionary of Human Resource Management
Edmund Heery , and Mike Noon Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0198296193 |
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The Dictionary of Human Resource Management is an authoritative source of precise and easy to understand definitions of words, terms, and phrases that are encountered in the fields of human resource management, personnel, and industrial relations. It has been compiled to demystify and make accessible the vast specialist language that has developed within the human resource discipline. The dictionary includes over 1,400 entries, with 1,250 full definitions. These cover the latest contemporary terms and management buzzwords; key theoretical terms and concepts from academics and consultants; jargon from the present and the past; technical terms used by practicing personnel/HR managers and trade unionists; major policies, practices, and institutions; and legal terms. The authors also provide a full list of abbreviations and acronyms and a thematic categorization of the main concepts. In compiling the dictionary the authors were aware that often there is no one agreed definition of a term, but instead various competing ideas or interpretations. To take this into account, the entries differ in length, and the various theoretical, political, and other viewpoints are fully represented. There are also plenty of links to other terms, so that readers can explore related ideas and concepts. While aimed primarily at MBA and undergraduate students who need a book of clear, concise definitions to complement their core course textbook, the dictionary is also ideal for anyone studying for professional qualificiations in human resources/personnel management; busy human resource pratitioners who need a quick reference source; trade unionists who need to cut through the management jargon; and students whose first language is not English.
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Employee Benefit Plans: A Glossary of Terms
Manufacturer: Intl Foundation of Employee Benefit ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0891545131 |
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Dictionary of Personnel And Educational Terms/ Worterbuch Personal Und Bildungswesen: English - German / Deutsch - Englisch
Rory O'flanagan , and Ruth Irle Manufacturer: Publicis MCD Werbeagentur GmbH ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3895782718 |
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This dictionary contains the most essential terminology for areas such as wages and salaries, social affairs, pension-relevant matters, health insurance, transfers, promotions, as well as social welfare legislation and regulations governing industrial relations. It addresses
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Dictionary of Human Resources & Personnel Management
A. Ivanovic Manufacturer: Peter Collin Publishing, Ltd. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0948549793 |
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Human Resource Management (The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management)
Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1405116978 |
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Features a total of over 600 entries, Incorporating 150 new or significantly revised contributionsReflects emergent topics and termsProvides new content on workplace bullying, emotional intelligence, virtual organization, the 'balanced scorecard ', and generation XIncludes entries from more than 240 international contributorsBooks:
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