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Mastering HR: Best HRM Books for Beginners to Read in 2024

HR Digest

By leveraging data-driven insights, HR professionals can make informed decisions regarding talent acquisition, employee development, and workforce planning, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. – This book emphasizes the importance of effective HR practices and aligning HR initiatives with strategic business goals.

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Better Healing from Better Hospital Design

Harvard Business Review

Roger Ulrich, a visiting professor at Center for Healthcare Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, has been a thought leader in the evidence-based design movement for 30 years. “The combined impact of protocol and space design was a ‘game-changer,’” according to Ulrich.

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Why Doesn't HR Lead Change?

Harvard Business Review

The aim of a reward system is to turn goals into measures of behavior and outcomes, then allocate rewards based how employees perform against the measures. Yet if HR gets out in front of improvement activities, it could be in a precarious position if a new CEO comes in with a focus on shorter-term results.

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Five Questions Every Leader Should Ask About Organizational Design

Harvard Business Review

A few years ago Dave Ulrich, a management thought leader from the University of Michigan, made a comment I found both insightful and profound: “ Every leader needs to have a model of organization design.” Business strategies are lofty, typically long-term oriented, and often aspirational.

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