Part of The New Skills Portfolio series, this book examines the innovation process from the line manager's perspective. This book identifies the skills needed to manage live 'real time' innovation in an environment where products and services are constantly refined, and where customer input is encouraged from an early stage.
Part of The New Skills Portfolio series, this book examines the innovation process from the line manager's perspective. This book identifies the skill...
A significant proportion of workers in any given organisation are employed by another firm under agency or outsourcing service agreements. Through a combination of pioneering legal analysis and rigorous case-study research, this book demonstrates that 'non-employees' are often the organisations most important resource.
A significant proportion of workers in any given organisation are employed by another firm under agency or outsourcing service agreements. Through a c...
Survey after survey confirms how the success of a business has become increasingly dependent on the ability and skills of its staff. And because talented people are in short supply the hunt for people of unusual ability will continue in earnest. Hiring such people is the relatively easy part; keeping them engaged so that they don't move on and getting the best out of them while they are with you is the greater challenge -- one that more than ever requires a good understanding of what people want from both work and life outside work, as well as flexibility and imagination in seeking to...
Survey after survey confirms how the success of a business has become increasingly dependent on the ability and skills of its staff. And because talen...