Lean But Agile: Rethink Workforce Planning and Gain a True Competitive Edge

Rethink Workforce Planning and Gain a True Competitive Edge
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-8144-1777-5
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 64 mm x 94 mm

William Rothwell honored with the ASTD Distinguished Contribution Award in Workplace Learning and Performance. As organizations strive to maximize efficiency to meet stringent budgets, a general “do more with less” mandate is no longer sufficient. Managers and executives must evaluate every process and every role, and do away with assumptions about how work gets done and who does it. Lean but Agile presents a system for analyzing work and selecting the ideal combination of cost-effective resources—employees, consultants, contractors, temporary workers, vendors—to accomplish it. The book advocates changes in hiring, goal-setting, learning and development, and performance management, and discusses the introduction, implementation, and management of lean work and agile staffing methods. It also explores the fundamental role technology can play in the transformation. Packed with practical advice, examples, guides, worksheets, diagrams, and metrics, Lean but Agile will help leaders, managers, and human resource professionals optimize their workforces while still achieving superior results.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rothwell, William

Graber, James

Mccormick, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS PREFACE vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to Lean but Agile Work and Workforce Planning 1 CHAPTER 2 Optimize the Work 20 CHAPTER 3 Create a Talent Pool for a Lean but Agile Workforce 49 CHAPTER 4 Optimize the Workforce 84 CHAPTER 5 Optimize the Future Work and Workforce 110 CHAPTER 6 Manage and Maintain a Lean but Agile Workforce 127 CHAPTER 7 Bring Lean but Agile Work and Workforce Planning into Your Organization 180 CHAPTER 8 The Future of Lean but Agile Work and Workforce Planning 190 APPENDIX Talent2 Human Resources Performance Audit Process Framework 198 NOTES 215 INDEX 219 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 225

Über Autor(innen)

WILLIAM J. ROTHWELL is professor of Workplace Learning and Performance at Pennsylvania State University and President of Rothwell & Associates, a business consultancy. JAMES GRABER is Managing Director of Business Decisions, Inc., a talent management technology and software company. NEIL MCCORMICK, a Senior Vice President at Talent2, has 30 years’ experience in international management, human resources and consulting.