Taylor & Francis Managing of People at Work: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century (River Publishers Series in Management Sciences and Engineering)

The organizational environment in the 21st century is not what it was in the 20th Century. It metamorphosed with bulk outsourcing and computer-based decision support tools, and easily coupled with low-cost PC hardware which has created improvements in the productivity of the people, resulting in the reduced numbers. Managers of today manage the results expected of the position rather than managing to get things done as it was expected.  In the physical sciences, academia leads the industry whilst in social sciences like management, marketing and economics, industry leads academia. To bridge the knowledge gap that exists between theory and practice, two practitioners from the industry have authored Managing People at Work - A New Paradigm for the 21st Century.  Specific new concepts discussed in this book include:  Organizational framework for effective management of peopleCapacity planning to optimize the numbers and the costsAcquisition of Human Resources to take advantage of outsourcing and freelancersManaging people at work or work managementEmployee relations of geographically spread workforceMotivation and morale detailing only the effective models and a model developed and used effectively by the authorsPerformance management supplanting the performance appraisalsSkill retention and developmentAttrition management rather than employee retentionRoles and responsibilities of different agencies in the organization to ensure effective human resources managementTools used in HRM About the Author Murali Chemuturi is a consultant on information technology and manage- ment, author and trainer. In 2001, he formed his own IT consulting and software development firm known as Chemuturi Consultants. Chemuturi Consultants help organizations achieve their management, process definition and improvement, quality and value objectives. The firm provides training in several software engineering and management topics. His firm also offers a number of products to aid project managers and software development pro- fessionals such as PMPal, a software project management tool; EstimatorPal, a software estimation tool and MRPPal, a comprehensive tool for material management. Prior to starting his own firm, Murali is an industry veteran in various engineering, manufacturing and information technology management posi- tions. He gained more than 49 years of information technology and software development experience. His final position prior to forming his firm was Vice President of Software Development at Vistaar e-Businesses Pvt., Ltd. In all, he worked in professional organizations for 31 years and as a consultant for the past 18 years. Mr. Chemuturi's undergraduate degrees and diplomas are in Electrical and Industrial Engineering and he holds an MBA and a post-graduate diploma in Computer Methods & Programming. He has several years of academic experience teaching a variety of IT and management courses. The manage- ment courses he handles are operations management, management infor- mation and control systems, marketing and market research, productivity, materials management and project management besides soft skills. Murali is a member of IEEE, a senior member of the Computer Society of India and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering, and he is a well-published author in professional journals. He had authored seven books on software estimation, software quality assurance, IT project management, software design, programming, requirements engineering and management. He co-authored one book on software project management with Thomas M. Cagley, Jr. He contributed chapters in four books.Vijay Chemuturi graduated with honors from University of Scranton, USA, in 2003 with a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with dual majors in Finance and Management Information Systems. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of New Jersey and is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE