Ronald Alyn Sims

Reforming (Transforming?) a Public Human Resource Management Agency: The Case of the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama (Contemporary Human ... Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities)

This book offers a first-hand look at the importance of human resource management (Hrm) processes to not just one public agency but a large group of public administration entities that rely on a public Hrm agency (the Personnel Board of Jefferson County) for its Hrm processes. More specifically, the...

Experiences in Teaching Business Ethics (Contemporary Human Resource Management: Issues, Challenges,)

The primary purpose of this book is to stimulate dialogue and discussion about the most effective ways of teaching ethics. Contributors to the book focus on approaches and methodologies and lessons learned that are having an impact in leading students to confront with accountability and understandin...

Executive Ethics: Ethical Dilemmas and Challenges for the C-Suite (PB)

Scott Quatro and Ronald Sims have put together an impressive group of experts that delve into the essential elements of C-suite leadership; especially, ethics-driven leadership. The book reminds us that the "bottom line" is more complicated now. Profits are only part of the equation. The post Sarban...

Legal and Regulatory Issues in Human Resources Management (Contemporary Human Resource Management Issues Challenges and Opportunities)

This edited book is intended to address the need for an updated look at the Hrm legal and regulatory environment. Contrary to existing books which address legal issues in Hrm from a narrower focus or specific issue (like sexual harassment, performance appraisal or employment termination), this book ...

Leadership: Succeeding in the Private, Public, and Not-for-profit Sectors: Succeeding in the Private, Public, and Not-for-profit Sectors

The contributors to this wide-ranging volume seek to define exactly what leadership is or should be, and how to effectively develop it. Guided by an unusual framework that looks at leadership across different sectors and functions, they examine what they view as the major leadership challenges in hi...

Human Resource Management and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Veres, Sims and their contributors focus on the nuts-and-bolts issues in human resource management (HRM) created by passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), then identify future issues and their projected impact. With practical discussion of traditional HRM activities and innovative act...

Leadership: Succeeding in the Private, Public, and Not-for-profit Sectors

The contributors to this wide-ranging volume seek to define exactly what leadership is or should be, and how to effectively develop it. Guided by an unusual framework that looks at leadership across different sectors and functions, they examine what they view as the major leadership challenges in hi...

Changing the Way We Manage Change

To cope with the chaotic new business environment, organizations must find ways to manage the problems of change—but also the process of change itself. Yesterday's solutions are obsolete. Innovative solutions are rare, yet even the best require not only the efforts of individuals but other agents as...

Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: Why Giants Fall

Managing Institutions of Higher Education into the 21st Century : Issues and Implications

The Importance of Learning Styles: Understanding the Implications for Learning, Course Design, and Education

Leadership : Succeeding in the Private, Public, and Not-For-Profit Sectors

Leadership: Succeeding In The Private, Public, And Not-for-profit Sectors

Contaminated Surface Soils In-Place Treatment Techniques