Description
Pearson Education The Power Of People: Learn How Successful Organizations Use Workforce Analytics To Improve Business Performance by Nigel Guenole Jonathan Ferrar Sheri Feinzig
Transforming the immense potential of workforce analytics into reality isn't easy. Pioneering practitioners have learned crucial lessons that can help you succeed. The Power of People shares their journeys—and their indispensable insights. Drawing on incisive case studies and vignettes, three experts help you bring purpose and clarity to any workforce analytics project, with robust research design and analysis to get reliable insights. They reveal where to start, where to find stakeholder support, and how to earn "quick wins" to build upon. You'll learn how to sustain success through best-practice data management, technology usage, partnering, and skill building. Finally, you'll discover how to earn even more value by establishing an analytical mindset throughout HR, and building two key skills: storytelling and visualization. The Power of People will be invaluable to HR executives establishing or leading analytics functions HR professionals planning analytics projects and any business executive who wants more value from HR.
Salient Features
The first practical guide to driving maximum value from HR and workforce analytics
Powerful new ways for HR to improve business effectiveness through analytics
Expert coverage of the organizational development and change management issues that will make or break HR's use of analytics
Proven steps you can take upfront to set your course for success
Expert strategic and tactical advice you can actually use, from IBM's leading workforce analytics experts and their clients
Table of Content
PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDAMENTALS
Chapter 1 Why Workforce Analytics?
Chapter 2 What's in a Name?
Chapter 3 The Workforce Analytics Leader
Chapter 4 Purposeful Analytics
Chapter 5 Basics of Data Analysis
Chapter 6 Case Studies
PART II: GETTING STARTED
Chapter 7 Set Your Direction
Chapter 8 Engage with Stakeholders
Chapter 9 Get a Quick Win
PART III: BUILDING YOUR CAPABILITY
Chapter 10 Know Your Data
Chapter 11 Know Your Technology
Chapter 12 Build the Analytics Team
Chapter 13 Partner for Skills
Chapter 14 Establish an Operating Model
PART IV: ESTABLISHING AN ANALYTICS CULTURE
Chapter 15 Enable Analytical Thinking
Chapter 16 Overcome Resistance
Chapter 17 Communicate with Storytelling and Visualization
Chapter 18 The Road Ahead