Ultimate Performance: Measuring Human Resources at Work

by Jeremy P. Shapiro, Nicholas C. Burkholder, Scott Golas

Meeting the challenges of high-performance HR

Until 1760 ships routinely disappeared, ran aground, or sank because seafarers could not measure longitude. The cost in life and property was immense. Today, business faces a similar challenge, as the failure to measure human resources performance is just as costly and deadly to modern organizations.

Senior executives once considered HR a "soft," unavoidable cost of doing business, responsible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471741213
• ISBN13: 9780471741213
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"