Book description
In Retooling HR, John Boudreau shows how HR leaders can break this cycle - by adapting powerful analytical tools already used by other functions to the unique challenges of talent management.
Drawing on his research and examples from companies including Google, Disney, IBM, and Microsoft, Boudreau explains six proven business tools leaders already use. And he shows how HR can apply these tools to talent management. Examples include:
· Using engineering tolerances to find pivot points that job descriptions miss
· Using inventory and supply-chain analytics to ensure a ready supply of the right talent
· Applying logistics tools to optimize succession planning and leadership development
· Adapting consumer research tools to find untapped value in total rewards
Retooling HR builds on Boudreau's bestselling book Beyond HR, which traces HR's evolution as a decision science. For HR professionals seeking to sharpen their decision-making prowess, this provocative new book blazes an innovative new path.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Also by John Boudreau
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Better Talent Models Lead to Better Talent Decisions
- Chapter 1: Using Performance Optimization to Retool Work Analysis
- Chapter 2: Using Portfolio Diversification to Retool Talent Scenarios
- Chapter 3: Using Consumer Research to Retool Talent Supply Strategies
- Chapter 4: Using Inventory Optimization to Retool Talent Gap Analysis
- Chapter 5: Using Workforce Logistics to Retool the Talent Life Cycle
- Chapter 6: Retooled HR: From Risk-Minimizing Administrator to Risk-Optimizing Partner
- Notes
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: Retooling HR: Using Proven Business Tools to Make Better Decisions About Talent
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2010
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
- ISBN: 9781422130070
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