Thorough, honest, solid, and especially useful if YOU are the one called upon to explain all this to everybody else! * Training * This comprehensive, applied handbook will be of significant interest to HR professionals, professors, and students alike. * Choice * HR helps organization get the best out of its workforce. This book presents a new method for managing that talent. * HR Magazine * Explains how fitting employee talents to the work is more effective method. This comprehensive guidebook shows how to do it. * Soundview Executive Book Summary * A well-researched book with practical application appropriate for a teaching text as well as a professional resource. A well-balanced presentation of theory and practice that acknowledges challenges as well as opportunities. Very readable-a must for the busy HR professional. -- Edith M. Donohue, Ph.D., SPHR, consultant; coauthor of Life After Layoff A book inexorably linked to post-millennium business success! Best-in-class companies must look beyond profit and head count to drive the world economy and social change. Dubois and Rothwell's brilliant and pragmatic concept of competency-based HR systems is one of the foundations of this contemporary approach! -- Regina M. Sacha, Vice President, Human Resources, FedEx Custom Critical I challenge any HR or training professional to use these methodologies in his or her organization. It will mean a whole new way of partnering with the other functional areas. -- Kimberly R. Woollard, Vice President, Human Resources, MacDill Federal Credit Union A must read for any manager responsible for change in his or her organization. I have implemented these concepts with my managers and have seen direct results with their strategic thinking and problem resolution skills. -- Jacquelyn Nunez, Vice President, Group Operations, The Union Labor Life Insurance Co.

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