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The resource management and capacity planning handbook : a guide to maximizing the value of your limited people resources / Jerry Manas

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Manas, Jerry
Additional Titles
Guide to maximizing the value of your limited people resources
Published
New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
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1 online resource (1 volume)
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Contents
Introduction : A Bigger boat or a smaller shark -- Chapter 1 : The Current state of affairs in resource planning -- Chapter 2 : From chaos to control : paths to maturity -- Chapter 3: The Best-laid plans : things that cause havoc with resource efficiency and what to do about it -- Chapter 4: Why do we need this anyway? selling resource planning internally -- Chapter 5: Who's in charge here? ownership of the process -- Chapter 6: Strategic alignment : how not to manage like custer ... and other lessons from the military -- Chapter 7: Resources are people too : execution and productivity -- the human side of resource management -- Chapter 8: The Capacity quadrant : four pillars of effective resource capacity management -- Chapter 9: Specific industry considerations : products, services, life sciences, healthcare, government, and more -- Chapter 10: Mastering resource management : irrefutable truths, parting recommendations, and tools for the road
Summary
This handbook helps tackle the critical challenges of resource management and capacity planning head on by providing a proven tool for making the leap from chaos to control: the Capacity Quadrant, a framework for addressing visibility, prioritization, optimization of existing resources, and integrated planning and governance. It includes: the latest benchmark data from a comprehensive study of resource management; case studies from organizations that have used the book's methods with great success; tools for overcoming common barriers and making decisions involving time capture, resource assignments, and competing priorities; recommendations on ownership of the organization's resource management and capacity planning functions; and considerations for addressing the human side of resource management and capacity planning. --
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ISBN
9780071836197
0071836195
9780071836258
007183625X
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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