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Training

This book is highly recommended for the organization or manager seeking to become more comfortable with the appraisal process. (April, 2003)

Dayton, Ohio News

Dick Grote shows how to make the process productive rather than painful. While Grote, a performance management guru, targets managers, the book provides valuable insight for employees on the process, too.

Toronto Globe and Mail

...a superb guide to establishing and implementing a performance appraisal system in a small or large company, steering, you through all the pitfalls.

Soundview Executive Book Summaries

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
AMACOM has created a series of books that focuses on answering the difficult questions that managers have about the various issues that crop up during their jobs. These books are formatted with tables of contents that lay out the valid questions into clear categories, are organized around key management topics, and cover nearly every subtle aspect of the topics at hand. The advice contained in these books comes from authors who are experts in the fields being discussed.

Recently, AMACOM released The Hiring and Firing Question and Answer Book, which follows this unique format while delivering 112 questions with which human resources managers must grapple regularly. Along with extensive answers to these questions, which deal with many of the legal issues surrounding recruiting and retention, as well as Web resources, salary negotiations and progressive discipline, Paul Falcone delivers dozens of sample letters, forms, warnings, agreements, letters and performance evaluations to help those in charge of employee relations do their jobs.

Why Soundview Likes This Book
Finally, a publisher has taken the direct approach to answering the most frequently asked questions about specific management dilemmas by creating a nuts-and-bolts book that aims directly at making a manager's tasks easier. By formatting the most pertinent lessons from today's leading authorities into easy-to-use guides, AMACOM has created a system through which inquisitive managers can master the skills that can make them more successful leaders. Copyright (c) 2002 Soundview Executive Book Summaries

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