Tag Archives: Human Resource Management

Book Review: Scaling Up by Verne Harnish and the team at Gazelles

There are 3 main challenges in scaling up a business once you get past the start up stage: 1) Growing the capabilities of the leadership team 2) Installing a scalable infrastructure to manage the complexities that keep increasing with growth … Continue reading

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Book Review – When Teams Collide

International teams are now a reality in multinational organizations. In this book, Richard D. Lewis, an internationally known cross-cultural consultant and trainer provides guidelines on how to  successfully assemble, manage and strengthen international teams. He  discusses the following 11 skills … Continue reading

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Book Review: Top Business Psychology Models

Business psychology: Studies and theories which help us understand or explain human behavior, emotions and cognitions at work. Business psychology has linkages with other areas like human physiology, spirituality and philosophy which have implications on performance at work. In this  … Continue reading

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Book Review: Organisation Culture – Getting it Right

Author: Naomi Stanford This book on corporate culture is intended for managers and business people who are struggling to: a) Understand the culture of their organization b) Get a grip on why it matters c) Get their culture right for … Continue reading

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Book Review: People Analytics

Author: Ben Waber People Analytics involves  measuring, collecting and analyzing the data which characterizes  the people’s behavioral patterns. While the traditional methods of collecting such data has been through direct observations or through surveys, the emerging trend is the use … Continue reading

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Book Review: People CMM 2nd Edition

Authors: Bill Curtis, William E. Hefley & Sally A. Miller People Capability Maturity Model (P-CMM)   is a  Human Capital Management framework developed by Carnegie Mellon University. This framework is based on the best practices of diverse fields like human … Continue reading

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Book Review: Beautiful Teams

Editors: Andrew Stellman & Jennifer Greene This book provides deep insights into what makes a good team tick, and what one can do to make a mediocre team better. The editors of this book are well experienced in software development … Continue reading

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Book Review: Business Genius

Author: Peter Fisk As business professionals most of the times we endlessly focus on getting , analyzing and reporting data. We rarely rely on our own intuition, insights and imagination. According to the author Peter Fisk, a highly experienced business strategist … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Original Edition)

Author: Patrick Lencioni Published: 2008 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Paperback: 240 pages Buy from Flipkart This book is a must read for those executives who wants to bring about team leadership culture  in their organization and also highly recommended for Agile Coaches, … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Manga Edition)

Author:       Patrick Lencioni Illustrator: Kensuke Okabayashi Published:  2008 Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd. Paperback: 174 pages Buy from Flipkart An organization may have a  more talented executive team, more cash, better core technology, more powerful board of … Continue reading

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