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Competitive advantage through people / Jeffrey Pfeffer.

By: Pfeffer, Jeffrey.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston : Harvard Business School, 1996Description: ix, 281 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 087584717X ; 0875844138 .Subject(s): Personnel management | Employee moraleDDC classification: 658.314
Contents:
Part I: Performance through people -- Sources of sustained success -- What effective firms do with people -- The evidence for slow learning and unrealized potential -- Part II: Barriers to doing the right thing -- Wrong hereos, wrong theories, wrong language -- Overcoming history -- Labor laws, lawyers and litigation: Friends or foes of work place change? -- Employee organizations: Their effects and role in work place reform -- Resistance from within -- Part III: Prospects for change -- The promise of the quality movement -- Making the change.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Explores why - despite long-standing evidence that a committed work force is essential for success - firms continue to attach little importance to their workers. The answer resides in a complex web of factors based on perception, history, legislation, and practice that continues to dominate management thought and action.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index.

Part I: Performance through people -- Sources of sustained success -- What effective firms do with people -- The evidence for slow learning and unrealized potential -- Part II: Barriers to doing the right thing -- Wrong hereos, wrong theories, wrong language -- Overcoming history -- Labor laws, lawyers and litigation: Friends or foes of work place change? -- Employee organizations: Their effects and role in work place reform -- Resistance from within -- Part III: Prospects for change -- The promise of the quality movement -- Making the change.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I Performance through People
  • 1 Sources of Sustained Success
  • 2 What Effective Firms Do with People
  • 3 The Evidence for Slow Learning and Unrealized Potential
  • Part II Barriers to Doing the Right Thing
  • 4 Wrong Heroes, Wrong Theories, Wrong Language
  • 5 Overcoming History
  • 6 Labor Laws, Lawyers, and Litigation: Friends or Foes of Work Place Change?
  • 7 Employee Organizations: Their Effects and Role in Work Place Reform
  • 8 Resistance from Within
  • Part III Prospects for Change
  • 9 The Promise of the Quality Movement
  • 10 Making the Change
  • Notes
  • Index

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