Heymann, Jody,  1959- <br/><br/>
Profit at the bottom of the ladder :  creating value by investing in your workforce / 
Jody Heymann, with Magda Barrera. 
 - Boston, Mass. :  Harvard Business Press,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Providing all employees with more than a living wage --  Finding ways to make scheduling flexibility feasible and profitable --  Increasing productivity and reliability by investing in health care --  Building assets: ensuring that the lowest-level employees are not left behind --  Offering training where it is valued the most --  Establishing career tracks for low-level employees to rise up the corporate ladder --  Engaging employees in the company's profits and their own --  Reaping returns from community investments --  Creating good working conditions throughout the supply chain --  Developing a blueprint for changing companies and lives. 
<br/><br/> Featuring cases from companies around the globe, this book shows how real organizations are excelling financially by strengthening frontline employees' working conditions. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781422158425 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Personnel management--United States.<br/>Employees--United States.<br/>Minimum wage--United States.<br/>Quality of work life--United States.<br/>Industrial management--Social aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF5549  / .P764 2010