Building the Competitive Workforce

A sober assessment, this book looks at the competitive strengths and weaknesses of the workforce of North American companies. The information contained here was first developed from a survey carried out by Louis Harris and Associates of 406 conference board companies and then analyzed by Philip Mirvis and his team of academic and business experts. As today's executives and managers confront the challenges of international competition, they will have to struggle between the need to innovate their workforce practices and the costs for doing so This book provides a basis for thinking about making these tough decisions Discussing how many US companies are not keeping up with European and Japanese competitors in such areas as education and training, healthcare, family issues and the demands of changing productivity requirements and production technologies, this book also examines the vanguard of companies and outlines their best practices as models for other companies.