Table of Contents

Foreword by John Benson
Introduction
PART 1: STRATEGIC HR TECHNOLOGIES: A FRAMEWORK
Thinking in the Futuristic HRM
PART 2: STRATEGIC HR TECHNOLOGIES
Spectrum I: HR Technologies for Driving Business
Profiting from Human Resources
Spectrum II: HR Technologies for Building High-Performing Individual and Team Culture
Diagnosing the HR Scenario
Understanding the Present for the Future
Building One Great Legendary Family
Spectrum III: HR Technologies for Attracting and Retaining Talent
Doing More with Less
Pay for Performance
Essence of Competency Building
Spectrum IV: HR Technologies for Rethinking the Future
Responding to Future Needs
PART 3: BRANDING OF HR TECHNOLOGIES
HR Branding
PART 4: HR Word Power
HR Word Power
Index

About the Author

Ashok Chanda is doctoral fellow at the School of Management, University of South Australia. He has nearly two decades of corporate experience as an HR professional. His last position was Vice President—HR with Reliance Energy, Mumbai. Earlier, he has worked with Gati Ltd., and Gujarat Gas Ltd., a subsidiary of British Gas. He is also a member of the Australian Human Resource Institute. His publications include articles published in various journals and a co-authored volume, Human Resource Strategy: Architecture for Change (2000).

B Sivarama Krishna is General Manager, Human Resources with Frontline Corporation, Ahmedabad. In his 12 years’ experience in the field of HR, he has worked with various large and reputed organisations dealing with HRM, corporate administration, industrial relations, etc. He is currently associated with various professional bodies.

Jie Shen is an Associate Professor of international human resource management at University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. He is Adjunct Associate Professor at University of South Australia, and Guest Professor at Southwest Jiao Tong University, China, Shanghai University, China and Fujian Normal University, China. His main research interests are international human resource management and HRM and industrial relations.

He has published over 40 books and book chapters and refereed journal articles in the fields of IHRM, HRM and IR. He received the best paper reward at the Academy of Management Meeting in 2007.

Reviews

The book based on the author’s research and industrial experiences presents over 40 different human resource technologies and discusses their implementation on a case-by-case-basis…. HR managers will do well to browse through the book…. The book aims to define for the reader the various goals that can be achieved by HR technology and how and why the technology would be useful in his organization.
*The Financial Express*

In recent years, the task of managing people in organisations is becoming quite complex. HR professionals can now avail new tools and technologies and get better results. This book defines technologies in their own right and consolidates a broad array of strategies to provide a holistic view of people management. With the help of models, charts and clearly defined terminology, this book lays out the theories and practical steps in the application of Human Resource technologies.
*The Asian Age*