The 8 Values of Highly Productive Companies: Creating Wealth from a New Employment Relationship
- ISBN-10
- 1921513209
- ISBN-13
- 9781921513206
- Category
- Corporate culture
- Pages
- 236
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Australian Academic Press
- Author
- Tim Baker
Description
A must-have in any manager's library. — Sergio Carlo Maresca, author of BREAKAWAY! If you think you are doing it right, think again and read this book. — Dr Roxanne Zolin, QUT An excellent read for organisation specialists. — Hermias C. Hendrikse, Director of Organisation Effectiveness, Etisalat, UAE The employment relationship as we know it is a relic of the last century. Globalisation, competition and financial pressures are challenging organisations to be more adaptabale. This book offers managers and professionals a new, research-based employment model that will alter the way employees and employers think about their working relationship, aligning the changing needs and interests of individuals and organisations to produce a sustainable, productive and profitable workplace in any financial climate.
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