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Books for HR Transformers
The HR Value PropositionThe HR Value Proposition by Dave Ulrich
Buy new: £16.18 / Used from: £11.99
With useful case studies drawing on 18 year global study - from some of the leading gurus in the field of HR Transformation
HR Transformation: Building Human Resources From the Outside InHR Transformation: Building Human Resources From the Outside In by Dave Ulrich
Buy new: £11.67 / Used from: £12.24
With web-links to useful tools - a handbook for HR Transformation - latest from Ulrich et al.
Leading ChangeLeading Change by John P Kotter
Buy new: £10.79 / Used from: £9.50
How you lead and manage change will determine how successful your HR Transformation programme will be. This book will equip you with some useful insights.
Project Management for DummiesProject Management for Dummies by Stanley E. Portny
Buy new: £8.97 / Used from: £7.17
As Voltaire declared -there is nothing common about common sense-. The only dummies are those that don’t brush up on their basic PM skills before embarking on a HR Transformation project.
Prince2 for DummiesPrince2 for Dummies by Nick Graham
Buy new: £10.97 / Used from: £11.09
Project Management methodologies are similar, and Prince 2 is as good as any. Understand principles rather than stick religiously to the methodology.
Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2: 2009 EditionManaging Successful Projects with PRINCE2: 2009 Edition by Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
Buy new: £57.05 / Used from: £60.18
Prince 2 is the most widely used Project management methodology in the UK. A thorough and sometimes turgid book – for the PM knowledge keepers.
Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Team Pocket GuideRath & Strong's Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide by Rath & Strong
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £1.12
This book is dinky and will fit in your handbag (or suit pocket). It gives the most practical tips per page than any other. Six Sigma will not be applicable on every HR Transformation project.
The Fifth DisciplineThe Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge
Buy new: £12.50 / Used from: £11.35
Systems Thinking – get the organisation structures right and you will have happy, productive workers – or so the theory goes. Dated, but a real classic with some pearls of wisdom.
The Black Book of Outsourcing: How to Manage the Changes, Challenges and OpportunitiesThe Black Book of Outsourcing: How to Manage the Changes, Challenges and Opportunities by Douglas Brown
Buy new: £15.76 / Used from: £13.20
Useful book on Outsourcing – with good advice wherever you are in the outsourcing process decision path. Not specific to HR Outsourcing, but some useful principles and tools.