Applying Psychology in Business: The Handbook for Managers and Human Resource ProfessionalsJohn Walter Jones, Brian D. Steffy, Douglas Weston Bray How do you select effective employees? How can you determine promotability? How can you get people to work together in teams? How should performance appraisals be designed and carried out? What is stress, and how can you manage it in the workplace? These and hundreds of other questions managers ask psychologists are answered in this book, written to provide professional managers, consultants, and students of management with a comprehensive overview of psychological principles in a managerial setting. By using actual cases to critically illustrate each topic, it provides practical solutions and techniques as well as the evidence that supports the approaches recommended. |
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Good Technical Management Practices: A Complete Menu James Edward Tingstad No preview available - 1998 |