Resources: Human Resources Management

This area is your reference to information on the Web addressing a variety of topics for dietary managers — from foodservice management to human resources to diet therapy. Many of these resources are Web pages. A few are in pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. If you do not have Acrobat, you can download it free from: www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html

Do you have a favorite website relevant to dietary management? To suggest websites to add to this directory, please contact the DMA webmaster.

Job Interview.net • www.job-interview.net
Guidelines for answering employment interview questions. Includes a database of questions.

The Nature of a Good Leader • www.eldtrain.com.au/members/library/sml03.htm

Opening Up the Ears • www.eldtrain.com.au/members/library/sml01.htm
The value of listening to employees

The Quest for Productivity • www.eldtrain.com.au/members/library/sml02.htm
Defining positions and expectations can get you greater mileage.

Spelling Out What You Want • www.eldtrain.com.au/members/library/sml05.htm
making your expectations clear to employees

Staff, Leadership, and Motivation • www.eldtrain.com.au/members/library/sml06.htm

Taming the Difficult Employee (article from Illinois Periodicals Online) • www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/2002/ip020522.html
Types of difficult employees and techniques for supervisors and coworkers to employ in interacting with them.

Towards More Effective Staff Meetings • http://foodservice.com/editorials/marvin8.htm
A formula for getting the most out of a staff meeting—how to listen, how to keep it efficient.

Workforce Management • www.workforce.com