San Antonio College Library

"Are the best managers born that way, while the rest of us must struggle with the role and its responsibilities? According to Robert Benfari, our ability to manage effectively is based on a mix of characteristics that can be analyzed, understood and, most importantly, changed. In this book, he identifies six ingredients of successful management and uses the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to show readers how they can devise personality-specific strategies...

"In The Leadership Investment, six of today's top organizations pull back the curtains to offer a revealing look into their own leadership development programs - programs that, dollar for dollar, repeatedly justify their costs. Based on an innovative, in-depth study of leadership development programs worldwide, this book offers concrete examples of how these organizations are using leadership development to consistently advance their strategic objectives."--Jacket....

Three experts in Human Resources introduce a measurement system that convincingly showcases how HR impacts business performance. Drawing from the authors' ongoing study of nearly 3,000 firms, this book describes a seven-step process for embedding HR systems within the firm's overall strategy--what the authors describe as an HR Scorecard--and measuring its activities in terms that line managers and CEOs will find compelling. Analyzing how each element...

The authors "have created a revolutionary program to help readers identify their talents, build them into strengths, and enjoy consistent, near-perfect performance. At the heart of the book is the Internet-based StrengthsFinder' Profile, the product of a 25-year, multimillion-dollar effort to identify the most prevalent human strengths. The program introduces 34 dominant "themes" with thousands of possible combinations, and reveals how they can best...

Develops methodologies of use in assessing the impact of libray and information services with respect to the overall performance of corporate organizations, including return-on-investment and cost-benefit analysis, knowledge value-added, intranet team forums, and intellectuual capital valuation.

Offers a selection of the best thinking on negotiation practice and managing conflict in organizational settings.

"In Keeping the People Who Keep You in Business, Branham offers battle-fatigued managers a plan for victory in the talent war. Critical to his plan are 24 compelling strategies for keeping good employees. These strategies are grouped under four keys: (1) Be a company that people want to work for, (2) select the right people in the first place, (3) get them off to a great start, and (4) coach and reward to sustain commitment. In addition, Branham identifies...

An exploration of twenty-first century management paradigms argues that sensitivity to stock share price has become the single most important management lever.

Unlike the changemongers pitching the latest blueprint for business success, Robbins and Finley consider the most neglected aspect of the whole change process: the human factor. They examine the psychological and physiological barriers to change that are built into individual and group behavior and show how managers at all levels can learn to work around these obstacles. They also identify: A continuum of management's approaches to change - from "Pummel"...