{"product_id":"employees-careers-and-job-creation-9780470547663","title":"Employees Careers and Job Creation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a new age for both workers and companies. Organizations have attempted to downsize, reengineer, or restructure their way to greatness only to find that such dramatic change efforts fail to produce real long-term economic growth. In the process, these changes have wreaked havoc on the jobs, careers, and lives of employees everywhere. Yet, there are some workers and companies breaking new ground in finding successful alternatives to employee displacement and downsizing--in organizations that have discovered new and creative ways to link employee development and job creation with organizational economic growth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this new volume of the Professional Practice Series--the first to be published by Jossey-Bass--Manuel London brings together a group of research and practice experts to show how such leading companies as AT\u0026amp;T have responded to demands for change with programs that enhance career opportunities for individuals and stimulate organizational growth. In thirteen orig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Employee Development and Job Creation: Trends, Problems, Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Jarrett, Joseph F. Coates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Career Development Programs in Changing Organizations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Organizational Growth and Employee Advancement: Tracking the Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy Hurley, Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Career Development in Downsizing Organizations: A Self-Affirmation Analysis\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoel Brockner, Robert J. Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Integrated Human Resource Development: Building Professional Competences and Communities\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward M. Mone, Melissa A. Bilger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: New Patterns of Employment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Salvaging Displaced Employees: Job Obsolescence, Retraining, and Redeployment\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eH. G. Kaufman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Managing Part-Time and Temporary Employment Relationships: Individual Needs and Organizational Demands\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel C. Feldman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Creating and Managing a Resource Link: The Internal Contingent Work Force\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames W. Smither\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Developing Entrepreneurs: Skills for the \"Wanna Be,\" \"Gonna Be,\" and \"Gotta Be Better\" Employees\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Eggers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Economic Development and Revitalized Careers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Supporting Career Transitions in a Time of Organizational Downsizing: The Michigan JOBS Program\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard H. Price, Amiram D. Vinokur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Creating Opportunities for Displaced Workers: Center for Commercial Competitiveness\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarry Last, Robert W. E. Peterson, Jack Rappaport, Carin Webb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Engaging Displaced Employees in Job Creation: Experiences in High-Tech Firms\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerrit Wolf, Joseph Pufahl, Jeff Casey, Manny London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Developing Computerized Outplacement Counseling Programs: The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Base\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert J. Vance, David V. Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Coping with Job Loss: The Collective Activism of Community-Based Job Creation and Retention Strategies\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarrie R. Leana, Daniel C. Feldman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733786931543,"sku":"9780470547663","price":36.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470547663.jpg?v=1720001685","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/employees-careers-and-job-creation-9780470547663","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}