Three experts in Human Resources introduce a measurement system that convincingly showcases how HR impacts business performance. Drawing from the authors' ongoing study of nearly 3,000 firms, this book describes a seven-step process for embedding HR systems within the firm's overall strategy--what the authors describe as an HR Scorecard--and measuring its activities in terms that line managers and CEOs will find compelling. Analyzing how each element of the HR system can be designed to enhance firm performance and maximize the overall quality of human capital, this important book heralds the...

China: Revolution and Counterrevolution features analysis of the Chinese Revolution, the present Chinese economy, the trend towards capitalist restoration and how socialists inside the United States can lend their support to the people of China. China: revolution and counterrevolution is a unique contribution to the left, using a Marxist analysis to identify political and social trends in China 30 years after the introduction of capitalist market reforms. "The 1949 Chinese Revolution placed China squarely on the path toward socialist development. While elements of that revolution remain, the...

In 2014, an American gets on a plane to Iraq by himself. His surprising goal: to pray for the terrorists who killed his friend's brother in Baghdad and to help the Syrian refugees. As he prepares to step onto the plane, he is terrified for his own safety and struggles with going to a foreign war-torn land to pray for people he hates. But, he is seeking in his heart to follow Jesus...and Jesus is so clearly telling him...commanding him...to go and love, forgive, pray for and bless his enemies. So he hugs his family goodbye and he goes. Through a remarkable journey that takes him through...

Can you really have an authentic friendship with a man who walked on this planet 2,000 years ago? Discover through true stories how the author unexpectedly encountered Jesus in the Middle East and other places around the globe through experiences with refugees, checkpoints, miracles, shanties and tea. In 2015, the author travelled to the war-torn countries of Iraq and Lebanon in a continued multi-continent quest to explore whether he could really have a genuine friendship with Jesus. Come join the adventures in your own daring journey to risk becoming friends with Jesus.

This book explores the discipline of psychology through in-depth dialogues with scholars who have lived at the turbulent edges of mainstream psychology in the USA, and who have challenged the most cherished theoretical frameworks.