TY - BOOK AU - Odiorne, George S. TI - Strategic management of human resources SN - 0875896251 AV - HF 5549 .O35 1984 PY - 1984/// CY - San Francisco PB - Jossey-Bass KW - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT KW - STRATEGIC PLANNING KW - PERSONNEL PLANNING N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. A New Strategy for Managing Human Resources -- Part II. Managing High-Performing Employees: Workhorses and Stars -- Part III. Managing Poor Performance: Problem Employees and Deadwood -- Part IV. Implementing Portfolio Management Strategies N2 - Traditionally, management has tended to view labor in terms of supply and demand, with employees considered as short-term expenses to be minimized. In Strategic Management of Human Resources, I take the view that employees can be considered as assets, value can be placed on them, and they can be managed much as a portfolio of stocks is managed, to maintain or increase their value to the organization. These ideas are based on human capital theory-a relatively new economic concept ER -