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Dimensions of Dignity at Work

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What is dignity in and at work?
How is it experienced differently by different groups of working people?
Are there enduring divisions of dignity: unequal access to what is accepted to be a fundamental human right?
How can we ensure that continued opportunities are available for the creation, maintenance and restoration of dignity at work?

This edited collection of papers investigates the concept of dignity and what it means to people in their working lives: how we are perceived and valued as people in the workplace.
It is not enough to suggest that equal opportunity, work life balance and anti-bullying policies restore dignity to work, valuable interventions though they are in themselves. The papers featured in this edited collection suggest that we see dignity reordered and experienced in different ways depending on our own circumstances and viewpoints.

Human Performance Improvement, 2nd Edition

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Key Features

  • Tools and techniques fundamental to the practice of HPI
  • Incorporates the latest thinking
  • Companion website available to support second edition.
    • Today's dynamic organizations must achieve positive results in record time - a challenge that requires managers to avoid problems before they arise and to solve these issues quickly. Human Performance Improvement (HPI) is a powerful tool that can be used to help build intellectual capital, establish and maintain a 'high-performance workplace, enhance profitability, and encourage productivity' - as well as increase return on equity and improved safety.

    The Essential Guide to Employee Engagement
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    The Essential Guide to Employee Engagement explores how managers can engage their staff to become more productive, engender greater levels of customer satisfaction, drive organizational success and retain talented employees

    The author draws on a wide range of international case studies and examples, which demonstrate how an actively-engaged workforce can help your organization to flourish.

    You are shown how to measure the level of your employees’ engagement and provided with a strategy to apply to help increase active staff participation.

    REVIEWS :

    “Explains how to maintain and increase employee engagement measurably.”
    Publishing News, 14 March 2008

    Psychometrics in Coaching
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    Psychometrics in Coaching: Using Psychological and Psychometric Tools for Development explains numerous models and concepts - e.g. emotional intelligence, transformational leadership - and how to use them effectively within coaching for both practitioners and students.

    Whether you are new to using psychometric tests or an experienced practitioner, this book provides you with a deep understanding of the models, the theory and research behind them, their reliability and validity, and how to implement them as part of a wider coaching and development programme.

    REVIEWS :
    “This book fills an important gap in the coaching literature. Psychometric data figures increasingly in the background materials coachees bring to the learning alliance and the book provides valuable guidance on how to make safe, effective use of a wide range of instruments.”
    Professor David Clutterbuck, Clutterbuck Associates

    “Executive coaches are increasingly aware that our observations are invariably biased, distorted and selective. While that is part of the charm and power of coaching, this textbook is invaluable in balancing our sometimes overly subjective perception.”
    Erik de Haan, Director of Centre for Coaching, Ashridge Business School

    “A very timely book. Both coaching and psychometrics are fast growing areas. Psychometric test results help build the foundation on which effective coaching rests. Any coach should know this information.”
    Professor John Rust, The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge

    “The book is for those new and experience using psychometric tests, as well as students in psychology, psychometrics and human resources management.”
    Sci Tech Book News

    Strategic Human Resource Management
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    Strategic Human Resource Management provides unique practical guidance on implementing the complex HR business strategies that have been formulated by practitioners, academics and consultants.

    The author, Michael Armstrong, is a Companion and former Chief Examiner of the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD.

    Substantially updated, this edition includes new material which reflects important developments in HR strategies linked with those issues which affect HRM on a day to day basis including: Human capital management, corporate social responsibility, organization development, engagement and talent management. A new feature, the Strategic HR Toolkit, provides guidance on developing HR strategy through a strategic review.

    Remote Working: Linking People and Organizations
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    As more people choose to work from home, the challenges for both the home worker and traditional management increase. Many questions arise regarding how to appraise the remote worker, the logistics of home working, and productivity. The authors focus on developing the right skills to cope with this new environment and stress the importance of knowing what the homeworker needs.
    Other issues addressed are finding the right balance between the office, home and client sites, dealing with the creation of workable home office environment, and technological and legal issues.

    Managing Projects in Human Resources, Training and Development
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    This book will provide the reader with a practical approach to managing a project in a human resource, training or development setting. Each chapter discusses a different aspect of project management and includes recognised processes and techniques.

    REVIEWS :
    “A dependable guide for anyone who takes responsibility for leading, managing or contributing to a project.”
    Advance Magazine

    “Developing an effective project team with a good leader has many benefits for an organisation, even after the original objectives have been achieved, according to Vivien Martin’s handbook.”
    Learning and Development

    “People are often expected to manage projects as part of their day-to-day work but few receive special training to help them to take on this task… Vivien Martin describes the best way to manage people and performance.”
    Training and Learning Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 2

     

    HR Strategy for the High Performing Business
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    HR Strategy for the High Performing Business is designed to help senior management analyze the weak points in their business and focus HR on transforming problem areas by maximizing staff and business performance.

    Supported by a wealth of case studies showing how the approach has already been used to transform a number of leading businesses, this insightful book shows how to take a step back, assess business weaknesses and act with pinpoint accuracy to improve performance.

    Coaching to Solutions

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    The book provides a tool kit for managers tasked with raising performance and sustaining motivation. Organisations are being judged by the way in which they accommodate the needs of the individual in work and life-style terms. In this context, the ‘smart’ employer will not only be looking to develop policies that retain talent through recognising their work-life issues, they will be equipping their managers to manage that talent in ways which maximise the contribution that individual can make.

    Review

    “A book which takes the reader to the essence of coaching – why it’s important, and how to make it work. Packed with strategies and insights that would make even a professional coach shine, it offers a practical, focused toolkit capable of giving every manager effective coaching skills.” John Lees, career strategist and author of Take Control of Your Career

    Leadership Development - A guide for HR and training professionals

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  • Shows how to motivate both the high performers and the low performers to deliver performance.
  • Workable strategies for developing the role of internal Learning and Development consultants within a changing and flexible environment.
  • Highly practical based on proven theory and practical experience
    • Written from a practitioner viewpoint with case studies and examples from a wide variety of industries, this is a practical text for Learning & Development and Human Resource practitioners, providing an in-depth treatment of all the aspects of people development within today’s organizations. Readers will want more than just the theory – they want to know how to apply it as an internal consultant and what the potential pitfalls can be. Most importantly, they want practical strategies for introducing and implementing new management development practices. The text shows how to apply new approaches to old problems and provide new ways of creating high performance within an organization.