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Staffing Organizations

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An in-depth exploration of the Staffing function

A Solid Human Resources Recruitment and Staffing Guide

Staffing Organizations
Herbert G Heneman III , and Timothy A Judge
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0072987227

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Heneman and Judge’s Staffing, 5th Edition, is based on a comprehensive staffing model. Components of the model include staffing models and strategy, staffing support systems (legal compliance, planning, job analysis and rewards), core staffing systems (recruitment, selection, employment), and staffing system and retention management. Up-to-date research and business practices are the hallmarks of this market leading text. In-depth applications (cases and exercises) at the end of chapters provide students with skill-building and practice in key staffing activities and decision-making. A comprehensive running case involving a fictitious retailing organization provides even greater opportunity for in-depth analysis and skill building. Students also have the opportunity to address ethical issues at the end of each chapter.

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Student opinion.......2007-04-19

I am currently reading this book for a class. The class consensus is that is has useful information but it is written in a research manner vs. a teaching/learning manner. This makes it an extremely dry and boring read much of the time. The chapter on measurements was excrutiating to read and retain. It is definately written with larger corporations in mind. As useful as the information in this book is, it is written in a manner that is not as conducive to student learning in my opinion. I think that this book could be much better than it is.

Staffing Organizations.......2007-02-13

This is a required book that I had to purchase for one of my HR classes. In fact the name of the class was Staffing Organizations. The book is very easy to read and has alot of useful information. Great for recruiters.

Great Concept but Outdated.......2004-10-08

This is the book I've assigned to graduate HR Management students studying staffing. It does the job, but needs more than just a cosmetic overhaul - which is what happened between the former edition and this one.

Staffing remains the most strategically influential activity HR professionals can perform, and yet this book says so little about:

o Organizational strategy
o Web-based recruitment
o Internet-based interviewing and screening technique
o Interactive engines for applying for jobs, e.g., Wal-Mart

Its min-case studies are OK, but, again, so outdated.

Make this book as good as it used to be, Dr. Heneman!!

An in-depth exploration of the Staffing function.......2004-01-29

I personally loved this book. Its content is enriched with a wealth of professional and practical theory about corporate staffing strategies and systems. The Staffing Organizations Model that shapes the structure of this text is considered a profound, intergrated, and coherent framework for the dynamic realm of staffing. The model's flow is logical, commencing from legal compliance and job analysis and concluding with employee retention management. The book helped me develop a sound conceptual map of what Staffing is, what it includes, and how its sub-systems interrelate. I recommend this book to all people who are interested or work in the Staffing field.

A Solid Human Resources Recruitment and Staffing Guide.......2003-11-24

As a human resources professional and a graduate student at Troy State University, I found this text to be very insightful in all aspects of researching, designing, planning, and implementing various internal and external staffing strategies, policies, procedures, and practices. This text is definitely an invaluable reference book that should be a part of any human resources professional's library.

Staffing Organizations: Contemporary Practice and Theory, Third Edition (Applied Psychology)

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Fantastic reference
Too short

Staffing Organizations: Contemporary Practice and Theory, Third Edition (Applied Psychology)
Robert E. Ployhart , Benjamin Schneider , and Neal Schmitt
Manufacturer: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
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ASIN: 0805855807

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Staffing Organizations: Contemporary Practice and Theory, the new third edition of a classic in the field, shows how organizations of all sizes can use effective staffing procedures as a source of sustained competitive advantage. Practically, the book shows how to choose, develop, and administer effective staffing procedures, including conducting job analyses, defining and measuring job performance, identifying predictors of performance that are both valid and legally defensible, and using this information to make sound hiring decisions. All three authors are active practitioners and recommendations based on their experiences are interwoven throughout the chapters. The authors are also grounded in a scientific, conceptual perspective that informs what they say and do in the staffing area. They review cutting-edge theory and research in diverse areas of importance to the practice of staffing, and identify scientific advances as well as areas that should be informed by additional research. Examples of such cutting-edge issues include: multilevel staffing models linking individual, group, and organizational levels; comprehensive consideration of diversity and cross-cultural challenges; the opportunities and challenges of the use of information technology in staffing; the legal, professional, and ethical challenges facing staffing practitioners; modern statistical approaches (e.g., structural equation modeling, item response theory, hierarchical linear modeling); and integrated models of staffing predictors and frameworks for understanding predictor and criterion spaces. Each chapter contains real-world examples and illustrations, a discussion of best practices, practical recommendations, and directions for future research. In doing so, Staffing Organizations: Contemporary Practice and Theory is a modern version of a genuine classic.

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Saved me $100.......2007-10-04

I ordered this book on 10-2-2007 and I received it the next day. The shipping was a little under $4.00. I called my bookstore at my school and was told that the schools copy of this book is $142.00. I was upset when I found out that i couldnt even get it used. But I checked this site and saw this one and brought it that day? My Professor was impressed with the copy of this text and that it covers everything that we are learning in this course. Thank you for helping a single mom of 2 save money!

Fantastic reference.......2007-02-21

Ignore the bogus rating provided by the other reviewer -- this is an exceptional book for those interested in an advanced coverage of selection and staffing. The major strength of this text is that it starts with an excellent coverage of relevant research methods topics, including validity, that are critical for students or practitioners learning about selection. The book then moves into coverage of specific predictors, and the reviews for each are concise, informed by up-to-date research, and take into account the perspective of both researchers and HR professionals. I use this book extensively when teaching selection and recommend it for all I/O Psychologists and HR professionals.

Too short.......1999-03-19

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Staffing the Contemporary Organization: A Guide to Planning, Recruiting, and Selecting for Human Resource Professionals Second Edition

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Good book.
Excellent Comprehensive Staffing Guide

Staffing the Contemporary Organization: A Guide to Planning, Recruiting, and Selecting for Human Resource Professionals Second Edition
Donald L. Caruth , and Gail D. Handlogten
Manufacturer: Praeger Paperback
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ASIN: 0275955230

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This thoroughly revised edition provides a comprehensive treament of staffing procedures, policies, techniques, and problems. It includes a number of human resources topics not usually covered in one volume-- human resources planning, legal aspects of staffing, recruiting, selecting, performance appraisal, career development, and many others-- in an integrated system. A usefu tool for human resource professionals and students at all levels. The authors contend that the entire range of activities associated with planning for, obtaining, utilizing, and developing human resources must be viewed as an integrated system called staffing. This is the first book to present this encompassing systems view of the staffing function.

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Good book........2001-11-26

This is a good book.

If possible, buy the hardcover version.

You will not be disappointed.

Excellent Comprehensive Staffing Guide.......1998-06-05

I was extemely pleased with the content of this book. I have many years in the staffing arena and found this book to be a excellent common sense guide to effective organizational staffing strategies. This will address all levels of staffing professionals and will help in tying organizational goals with staffing successes.

Improving Staffing Practices in Student Affairs (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

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Improving Staffing Practices in Student Affairs (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)
Roger B., Jr. Winston , and Don G. Creamer
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
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Most of us are not born good supervisors. Winston and Creamer's book gives us a comprehensive framework for thinking about and reexamining our staffing practices. It is an excellent tool for the novice and the veteran.
?Elizabeth M. Nuss, vice president and dean of students, Coucher College

This book presents the state-of-the-art of staffing practices in student affairs and provides practical recommAndations for improvement. It is filled with illustrative examples, helpful case studies, and down-to-earth suggestions that offer an integrated approach to the selection, orientation, supervision, development, and evaluation of staff.

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Every practice has operational weaknesses. Identifying and correcting such weaknesses is crucial to a successful practice. Assessing and Improving Staffing and Organization will equip the reader with tools and techniques to assess practice operations, identify problems and develop action plans to make improvements. Each book includes a diskette of tools and exercises. Features of the book include:

-Assessment tools to identify strong and weak areas

-Exercises to strengthen the physician/administrator practice team

-Case study exercises

-Techniques to improve problems areas

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Provides an overview of the organizational alternatives available to libraries by addressing activities and explaining the models used in public, academic, and school libraries. It provides an overview of possible structures and indicates some of the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Increasing Patient Satisfaction With Statistical Correlation: A Step-by-step Guide to the Jcaho's Staffing Effectiveness Standards

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Increasing Patient Satisfaction With Statistical Correlation: A Step-by-step Guide to the Jcaho's Staffing Effectiveness Standards
Cynthia Barnard
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ASIN: 1578392683

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Compiled by a team of experts, this textbook has been designed for elementary university courses in astrobiology. It begins with an examination of how life may have arisen on Earth and then reviews the evidence for possible life on Mars, Europa and Titan. The potential for life in exoplanetary systems and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence are also discussed. The text contains numerous useful learning features such as boxed summaries, student exercises with full solutions, and a glossary of terms. It is also supported by a website hosting further teaching materials. Written in an accessible style that avoids complex mathematics, this book is suitable for self-study and will appeal to amateur enthusiasts as well as undergraduate students. It contains numerous helpful learning features such as boxed summaries, student exercises with full solutions, and a glossary of terms. The book is also supported by a webstite hosting further teaching materials.

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More astro than biology.......2004-10-22

This is an excellent textbook, with straightforward problems ... and answers! There's plenty of solid material here and very little fluff. The information is well presented, up-to-date, and easy to read.

Three of the nine chapters are about the potential for life elsewhere in our planetary system, in particular on Mars, Europa, and Titan. Another three chapters are on extrasolar planets: how to find them, what we've discovered so far about them, and what signatures of life we might try to look for on them in the future. There's also a chapter on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). That leaves two chapters for the definition and origin of life, the Earth's acquisition of the necessary water and carbon, and so on. I'd prefer to see quite a bit more on biology here. I'd like to see much more discussion of the development of multicellular life, the changes in the Earth's environment caused by the production of oxygen, and the evolution of humans.

That said, I really liked the chapter on the origin of life. It was illuminating to read about the origin of chirality, written by a specialist in organic matter in meteorites. And I also especially liked the chapters on exoplanets.

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Brilliant Book For The Armchair Scientist
Astrobiology: An Attractive Introduction
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Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction
Kevin W. Plaxco , and Michael Gross
Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Astrobiology -- the study of the intimate relationship between life and the cosmos -- is a fast-growing field that touches on aspects of cosmology, astrophysics, and chemistry. In the first scholarly overview of this dynamic field, biochemists Kevin W. Plaxco and Michael Gross tell the story of life from the Big Bang to the present.

Emphasizing the biochemical nature of astrobiology, Plaxco and Gross examine the origin of the chemical elements, the events behind the developments that made the Universe habitable, and the ongoing sustenance of life. They discuss the formation of the first galaxies and stars, the diverse chemistry of the primordial planet, the origins of metabolism, the evolution of complex organisms, and the feedback regulation of Earth's climate. They also explore life in extreme habitats, potential extraterrestrial habitats, and the search for extraterrestrial life.

This broadly accessible introduction captures the excitement, controversy, and evolution of the dynamic young field of astrobiology. It shows clearly how scientists from different disciplines can combine their special knowledge to enhance our understanding of the Universe.

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Brilliant Book For The Armchair Scientist .......2006-09-27

Imagine that your best friend were some brilliant world-famous scientist. Now imagine that the two of you were sharing a beer one night, and you carelessly asked the question: "I wonder if there is life elsewhere in the Universe?"

This book would be his answer.

"Astrobiology," by Kevin Plaxco and Michael Gross, is the perfect book for the armchair scientist. It should sit on your bookshelf beside Hawking's "Brief History of Time." It would also be an excellent book for the curious undergraduate.

Plaxco and Gross fill the book with easy, accessible prose, and lots of great science. Best of all, the sidebars, with which the book is liberally sprinkled. They make you feel like you are busy bending an elbow with a scientist that has a wicked sense of humor. After all, how many science books can you think of that use the word `flummoxed'?

If the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" had a chapter on astrobiology, this would be it.

Astrobiology: An Attractive Introduction.......2006-08-07

Biology is not complete without the astro-physical environment that produces the sun, the earth and the building blocks of life.
We can never fully understand life and evolution if we don't include the universe.
At bottom it is ecology extended to the cosmic environment.
A huge eye-opener for me was Barrow & Tippler (1994) The Anthropic Cosmological Principle.
They showed that my biology training was hopelessly incomplete.
A second eye-opener was Tibor Gánti (2003) The Principles of Life.
For the first time in my life I had the feeling that I truly understood what the essence of life is and what the origin of life problem actually is, despite reading many books about the origin of life.
Now we have the science of astrobiology which combines both the universe as a cradle for life and insights into the nature of life.
I have been looking for some time for a suitable introduction into astrobiology until I found
Kevin Plaxco & Michael Gross (2006) Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction.
It is a very attractive book: a pleasure to read, enthusiastically and fluently written, full of relevant information, not loaded with boring details, the right price (indeed there are far more expensive introductions and textbooks).
Despite being an introduction, it is nourishing and thanks to being an introduction it is very digestible.
The book contains many stimulating thoughts and facts. Kevin Plaxco is a professor of chemistry. I think that chemistry
is the right science here: it is in the position to connect biology and astronomy (physics cannot bridge biology and astronomy because it differs too much from biology).
Michael Gross is a science writer. I suspect that a great part of the attractiveness of this book can be ascribed to him.
In the hands of Plaxco and Gross an otherwise boring table of yields of amino acids in the Miller-Urey experiment
becomes fascinating.
The book is richly illustrated with black and white illustrations and photographs (but fortunately no expensive glossy paper is used) and has many interesting sidebars.
[...].

Review of "Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction".......2006-07-18

I found this book to be a highly readable, thorough, accurate, well
balanced treatment of a topic that is increasingly capturing the
interest of scientists and anyone curious about their place in the
universe.

Basic Astronautics: (an Introduction to Space Sceince, Engineering, and Medicine)

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Basic Astronautics: (an Introduction to Space Sceince, Engineering, and Medicine)

Manufacturer: Prentice Hall. Inc.
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