books about: appraisal     books:       Stress-Free Performance Appraisals: Turn Your Most Painful Management Duty into a Powerful Motivational Tool10 reviews Sharon Armstrong, Madelyn Appelbaum Career Press, 2003 Great tool for HR practioners! This is a great resource for HR consultants and practioners who are creating innovative performance management systems for their organizations. It addresses the underlying issues that prevent organizations from successfully managing performance and delivering candid and constructive feedback. I highly recommend it to all of my clients.             Six Sigma Business Scorecard : Creating a Comprehensive Corporate Performance Measurement System12 reviews Praveen Gupta, A. William Wiggenhorn McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003 Best business book since "The Goal" Praveen, I just have to buy you a cup of coffee or a drink one day. I am just finishing your book, "Six Sigma Business Scorecard " and have to say that I haven't been this riveted to a business book since "The Goal". Books like this for me have been far and few between.             Collectible Silver Jewelry: Identification and Value Guide14 reviews Fred Rezazadeh Collector Books, 2000 Excellent, well-illustrated, authoritative Whether you are an expert collector or a neophyte, you will find this book a valuable reference source. It is illustrated in full-color and covers the range of silver jewelry makers exhaustively, maker by maker, including illustrations of makers' marks.             Painless Performance Evaluations (NetEffect Series)7 reviews Marnie E. Green Prentice Hall, 2005 If I could give this book more than 5 Stars, I would! Marnie Green has written a well laid out and easy to use guide for anyone who performs employee performance evaluations. Employees dread their reviews, wondering what they could have done better and how they will stack up against other employees. They come to their evaluation with sweaty palms, a nervous stomach and high hopes. Marnie gives managers and HR professionals an easy, practical ...             Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War9 reviews John Lewis Gaddis Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 Analysis and Critique of Evolving US Strategies in the Cold War Strategies of Containment, by John Lewis Gaddis, is a description of the evolving strategy of containment that was the basis of US policy toward the Soviet Union from 1946 through 1989. Gaddis traces the concept of containment from its inception by George F. Kennan through the modifications applied by five administrations and assesses the strengths, weaknesses, and effectiveness of each version. ...             2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews: Ready-to-Use Words and Phrases That Really Get Results9 reviews Paul Falcone AMACOM, 2005 2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews Excellent tool for assisting managers with written comments on the performance reviews they are required to do on their employees. It especially helps managers with new phrases for employees they have been reviewing for years.             Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations10 reviews Robert D. Austin Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1996 Organizational Measurement is Hard This book is filled with both humorous and chilling examples of measurement dysfunction that make the sometimes academic approach quite palatable. Dr. Austin identifies three different types of performance measurement based on the intent of the measurement - measurement for motivation, process improvement, or process coordination. It is measurement for motivation that causes the dysfunction ...             199 Pre-Written Employee Performance Appraisals: The Complete Guide to Successful Employee Evaluations And ...11 reviews Stephanie Lyster, Anne Arthur Atlantic Publishing Company (FL), 2006 Take The Pain Out of The Appraisal Process! Nothing is more vital to the success of an organization than the contribution of each of its employees, but managers are usually experts in fields other than human resources. "199 Pre-Written Employee Performance Appraisals" takes the pain out of the performance appraisal process. Stephanie Lyster and Anne Arthur have written a well-organized, easy to read book that will enable managers to ...             Abolishing Performance Appraisals: Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead26 reviews Tom Coens, Mary Jenkins Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000 A Critical Step for a Performance-Driven Organization This book becomes more relevant every year! For organizations that want responsible employees, it challenges leadership to consider the assumptions that drive traditional HR performance appraisal processes - most importantly those arising from the common `parental' or `patriarchy' model of leadership and organizational development. In this research-based analysis of the multiple purposes of ...             Recognizing and Rewarding Employees7 reviews R. Brayton Bowen McGraw-Hill, 2000 You just can't give raises every week! Find Something else! I have long believed that for the most part your company pay plan is competitive within your industry. Then by definition, you are getting paid what you are worth in your environment. As a manager/supervisor that also means that you can not reward with money. To become successful leader, your had better look in other directions. My suggestion is using Mr. Brayton's Recognizing and Rewarding ...             Emotional Intelligence Appraisal - Me Edition4 reviews Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves TalentSmart, Inc., 2003 Really interesting and helpful If you haven't taken this test by now, you are missing out! This booklet tells us how most of us are not really grasping what is truly important in life. Daniel Goleman says that emotional intelligence is a lot more important than if you can do math, spell correctly, fix a lawnmower, or build a spaceship. The authors of The Emotional Intelligence Appraisal explained to me how this type of ...             Valuing Intangible Assets6 reviews Robert P. Schweihs McGraw-Hill, 1998 Recommend Purchase! A larger portion of the value of a company nowadays comes from Intangibles (brands, patents, workforce & related contracts, durable customers etc.). This holds true in several industry sectors. Measurement of intangibles is a fascinating subject, but until this book was published, there was no single body of knowledge available to guide the general reader, or a Valuation professional. You had ...             Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace: An Appraisal of the Argument That As Infants Were Once Circumcised, ...4 reviews Paul King Jewett Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1978 The most thorough examination I have found This book is incredibly thorough, well researched, and well presented. Jewett analyzes the practice of infant baptism from a theological and historical standpoint. I found his detailed historical analysis to be particularly beneficial, as the historical record is often muddled and partial. The book is well worth purchasing if for no other reason than its look at the history of infant baptism. The ...             Competence at Work: Models for Superior Performance6 reviews Wiley, 1993 This book changed how I do my job as a trainer. This book gives a comprehensive competency dictionary using behaviorally anchored rating scales for each competency. It also gives step by step guidelines on how to use the dictionary in all types of HR decision making. It is clearly written and is based on years of extensive research. Using this book eliminates the need to use expensive and dependency creating consulting services. Every ...             Emyl Jenkins Appraisal Book4 reviews Emyl Jenkins Crown, 1989 Junk or Junque? Emyl Jenkins "Appraisal Book" is written for any level of antiques collector. She defines what antiques are, categorizes many periods, styles and different types of antiques, as well as collectibles, and helps the reader understand how to begin the process of valuing an antique. She uses humor and a down-to-earth approach to make her points, and makes the entire process of "antiquing" ...             The Performance Appraisal Question and Answer Book4 reviews Richard C. Grote AMACOM, 2002 A book for new and old managers alike Mr. Grote tells it like it is, and I loved his approach in this book. It's presented in a question & answer format where he presents a question that is just about everyone's mind who conducts performance appraisals for employees, and he answers it with a short answer then a longer and more detailed answer. The best line is when he says, "Supervisors put up with too much [stuff]otherwise writes ...             Construction Funding: The Process of Real Estate Development, Appraisal, and Finance5 reviews Nathan S. Collier, Courtland A. Collier, ... Wiley, 2001 A first class book on Real Estate Development The third edition of Construction Funding by Nathan S. Collier et al is a remarkable demonstration of insight and expertise. Collier and colleagues provide an exceptionally lucid description and analysis of the process of real estate development that is accessible to non-experts while being authoritative at the same time. In addition to being an excellent text for students and others interested ...             Make Success Measurable!: A Mindbook-Workbook for Setting Goals and Taking Action5 reviews Wiley, 1999 Ten Management Principles for Leading Change "I believe you will benefit from this book because the challenge of setting and achieving performance goals has become very confusing". Douglas K. Smith writes, "It has been more than 30 years since Peter Drucker wrote about the importance of managing for results. His work led to the widespread practice of management by objective. But an awful lot has happened in the past 30 years. The world ...             The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Performance Appraisal Phrases (Pocket Idiot's Guides)5 reviews Peter Gray, John Carroll Alpha, 2006 A very helpful guide Sometimes it is really hard to come up with the right phrase, especially when giving negative feedback. This book offered some great advice and sample phrases which worked for me. While doing performance appraisals is never a pleasure, I got through mine this year much faster than I have in past years.             Performance Appraisal: State of the Art in Practice (Siop Professional Practice Series)4 reviews Pfeiffer, 1998 A practical source for HR professionals. As stated by series editor Manuel London, "the current volume, edited by J.W. Smither, provides state-of-the-art methods for performance management. The authors recognize the strategic, systemic role of a performance appraisal process that evaluates employees or behaviors that are important to organizational success and ties the appraisal results to rewards and development...The goal is to ...              search for books abolishing, appraisals, circumcised, collectible, competence, comprehensive, construction, containment, development, documentation, effective, evaluations, identification, intangible, intelligence, management, measurable, measurement, measuring, mindbook-workbook, motivational, organizations, performance, pre-written, professional, ready-to-use, recognizing, strategies, stress-free, successful books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen beauty: Serendipity3 Frrrozen Hot Chocolate Body Icing home  impressum - about us