Heymann, Jody,  1959- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-255) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Library Journal, May 2010.  Library Journal. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Adult  Follett Library Resources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781422123119 (trade : alk. paper) 1422123111 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009037771 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Personnel management--United States.<br/>Employees--United States.<br/>Minimum wage--United States.<br/>Quality of work life--United States.<br/>Industrial management--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Personnel management--United States.<br/>Employees--United States.<br/>Minimum wage--United States.<br/>Quality of life--United States.<br/>Management--Social aspects.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF5549.2.U5  / H49 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.3