May 2001 

HR Magazine,

May 2001

Vol. 46, No. 5

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 COVER STORY

HR Woes at Xerox (Members Only)
The high-tech giant offers HR examples no company should copy. Robert J. Grossman

STRATEGIC HR

Turnover at the Top (Members Only)
HR shouldn’t be passive when it’s time to name a new CEO. Bill Leonard

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

A Death in the Family
How to cope with the tragic loss of an employee. Claire Ginther

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Employee, Sculpt Thyself … with a Little Help
Classes alone won’t help employees develop. Carla Joinson

HR AGENDAS

Compensation: Salaries in Site (Members Only)
Salary sites let employees comparison shop about pay— and HR should know what they say. Alison Stein Wellner

Employee Communications: Digital Newsletters ‘E-volutionize’ Employee Communications (Members Only)
Use e-mail and intranets to publish your internal newsletters. Betty Sosnin

Focus on Training

PET Projects (Members Only); Collaborate with other companies, learning institutions and local government to train workers before you hire them.
Stephenie Overman

Mind Their Manners; Training employees in soft skills can pay big dividends.
Andrea C. Poe

E-Learning: Not Just for E-Normous Companies Anymore (Members Only); Smaller firms should consider taking the e-learning plunge.
Kathryn Tyler

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS (Members Only)

From the Publisher: Play Teaches Lessons on Managing Employees; Art imitates worklife John Adams
From the Editors: Nine Lives for the Copy Cats?; HR at Xerox; PET programs. Patrick Mirza; Adrienne Fox
Management Tools: Great Expectations
Don’t ‘baby’ employees who have problems. Jathan W. Janove
Legal Trends: Soothing the EEOC Dragon
Sometimes fighting fire with fire is a mistake. Jathan W. Janove
Future Focus: Research: Food for Future Thought
Analyze data before making decisions. Debra Cohen
Executive Briefing
Letters
HR Update
HR Technology
Software Review
Bookshelf
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