The Human Factor (e-book) (used book) | Michael Esau | bookbook.eu

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The world of work is constantly changing but the elements needed for success remain constant. These are the human factors and this book explains how to identify, develop and leverage them in your workforce and your business.

This book explores what the human factors are and how they influence the attraction, performance, retention, growth, productivity and wellbeing of employees and how focusing on these factors at all levels of the organization can boost business performance. This books will be a roadmap to success for all senior HR professionals and organizational development practitioners showing them how ro develop and leverage these human factors.

Written by an expert author team with more than 50 years' collective experience, The Human Factors explores why the factors are so important to organizations and individuals as well as why and how the HR profession needs to evolve with these factors in mind to stay relevant. There is detailed discussion of organizational change as well as a framework to support professionals when they are building a case for change. There is also advice on how to communicate change to a workforce and show commitment to it. There is guidance on how to define organizational purpose, develop an effective organizational culture and how to design and execute your HR strategy. There is also discussion of the need for continuous improvement of staff at all levels and advice on how to do this as well as coverage of employee engagement, experience, responsibility and the wider employee value proposition. Sustainability, technology and analytics are also explored and the entire book is supported by interviews from experts in the HR space and case studies from organizations including GSK, Vodafone, BBC, Laing O'Rourke and Scotiabank.