TY - BOOK AU - Heymann,Jody AU - Barrera,Magda TI - Profit at the bottom of the ladder: creating value by investing in your workforce SN - 9781422158425 AV - HF5549 .P764 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - Harvard Business Press KW - Personnel management KW - United States KW - Employees KW - Minimum wage KW - Quality of work life KW - Industrial management KW - Social aspects KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - Featuring cases from companies around the globe, this book shows how real organizations are excelling financially by strengthening frontline employees' working conditions UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=674974&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -