Human Resources Management: The Complete Guidebook for Design Firms / Edition 1

by Mark C. Zweig

Overview

A veteran human resources manager and consultant shares his firsthand experience to show human resources professionals in the design field how to attract, develop and retain the best people. Demonstrates how the nature of the design profession lends itself to special strengths and weaknesses in the human resources management area. Shows managers how to break out of traditional American styles of management and into the participative management style in which design professionals thrive. They'll also learn how to define their firm's mission, determine strategy, agree on common goals plus many other techniques that will contribute not only to their human resources management goals but also to their corporation's goals as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471633747
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/03/1991
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.08(d)

About the Author

Mark C. Zweig is best known as the leading expert in management for the architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental industry. With more than three decades as a student of the industry, Mark knows architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms inside and out. He started his career in a management consulting firm specialized in the construction and development industries, and then worked as a principal and manager in two A/E and environmental firms. He founded Mark Zweig & Associates in 1988, which later became ZweigWhite in 1994 and Zweig Group in 2014.

Table of Contents

Recruitment.

Interviewing.

Hiring.

Orientation, Integration, and Motivation.

Performance Appraisal.

Training.

Career Development.

Compensation.

Employee Benefits.

Policies and Procedures.

Special Topics.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

A guide to hiring, training, and managing personnel in the architecture and design industry. Describes the characteristics of a good worker in the field, participatory management, relating corporate goals to personnel selection, helping further career development, and other topics. No bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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