Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage
- 5h 17m
- Edward E. Lawler III
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2008
The source of competitive advantage has shifted in many organizations from reliability to innovation and flexibility. But what does it take for an organization that innovates to then manage effectively? In this follow-up to Built to Change, Ed Lawler argues that it is a combination of the right structure and the right people. First, organizations must decide what structure they are: are you a high-involvement organization that has products and services that require a high level of coordination and cooperation among employees? Or do you have a more global competitor structure in which you are constantly bringing in new talent and technological expertise? Are you a mixture of both? Lawler outlines the unique human capital strategy for each approach, shows what it looks like in action, and provides the foundation and tools for creating competitive and innovative organizations.
About the Author
Edward E. Lawler III is distinguished professor of business and director of the Center for Effective Organizations in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He has been honored as a top contributor to the fields of organizational development, human resources management, organizational behavior, and compensation. He is the author of more than 350 articles and 43 books. His most recent books include Achieving Strategic Excellence: An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations (2006), Built to Change (2006), The New American Workplace (2006), and America at Work (2006).
In this Book
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Talent—Making People Your Competitive Advantage
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Foreword
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Preface
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Talent Matters
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Making the Right Management Choice
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Designing Organizations
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Managing Talent
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Managing Performance
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Information and Decision Making
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Reinventing HR
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Governing Corporations
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Leading
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Managing Change
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Epilogue
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Notes
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References
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