Heymann, Jody, 1959-
Profit at the bottom of the ladder : creating value by investing in your workforce / Jody Heymann, with Magda Barrera. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, c2010. - xii, 268 p ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-255) and index.
Providing all employees with more than a living wage -- Finding ways to make scheduling flexibility feasible and profitable -- Increasing productivity and reliability by investing in health care -- Building assets: ensuring that the lowest-level employees are not left behind -- Offering training where it is valued the most -- Establishing career tracks for low-level employees to rise up the corporate ladder -- Engaging employees in the company's profits and their own -- Reaping returns from community investments -- Creating good working conditions throughout the supply chain -- Developing a blueprint for changing companies and lives.
Library Journal, May 2010. Library Journal.
Examines evidence that indicates companies can profit from investing in their least-skilled employees by offering better wages, flexible scheduling, health-care, profit sharing, training, and other benefits, and looks at strategies companies may use to implement such changes.
Adult Follett Library Resources.
9781422123119 (trade : alk. paper) 1422123111
2009037771
Personnel management--United States.
Employees--United States.
Minimum wage--United States.
Quality of work life--United States.
Industrial management--Social aspects--United States.
Personnel management--United States.
Employees--United States.
Minimum wage--United States.
Quality of life--United States.
Management--Social aspects.--United States
HF5549.2.U5 / H49 2010
658.3
Profit at the bottom of the ladder : creating value by investing in your workforce / Jody Heymann, with Magda Barrera. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, c2010. - xii, 268 p ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-255) and index.
Providing all employees with more than a living wage -- Finding ways to make scheduling flexibility feasible and profitable -- Increasing productivity and reliability by investing in health care -- Building assets: ensuring that the lowest-level employees are not left behind -- Offering training where it is valued the most -- Establishing career tracks for low-level employees to rise up the corporate ladder -- Engaging employees in the company's profits and their own -- Reaping returns from community investments -- Creating good working conditions throughout the supply chain -- Developing a blueprint for changing companies and lives.
Library Journal, May 2010. Library Journal.
Examines evidence that indicates companies can profit from investing in their least-skilled employees by offering better wages, flexible scheduling, health-care, profit sharing, training, and other benefits, and looks at strategies companies may use to implement such changes.
Adult Follett Library Resources.
9781422123119 (trade : alk. paper) 1422123111
2009037771
Personnel management--United States.
Employees--United States.
Minimum wage--United States.
Quality of work life--United States.
Industrial management--Social aspects--United States.
Personnel management--United States.
Employees--United States.
Minimum wage--United States.
Quality of life--United States.
Management--Social aspects.--United States
HF5549.2.U5 / H49 2010
658.3