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Benchmarking and Reengineering

• American Productivity and Quality Center. Nonprofit education and research organization that helps companies and the public sector change and improve.
• BPR On-Line Learning Center. source for on-line reference material for reengineering teams.
• Continuous Quality Improvement Server. Supports world-wide efforts in quality improvement and education in quality. Includes Online Quality Resources Guide.
• Corporate Citizenship Resource Center. U.S. Department of Labor program to enhance public access to information on workplace practices that embody a commitment to corporate citizenship.
• Electronic College of Process Innovation. Documents, tools and guidebooks available on the topic of business process change and creating customer value.
• Enterprise Reengineering. Newsmagazine covering the national business process reengineering scene.
• Human Resource Learning Center. Compendium of innovative and best practices. Sponsored by ProSci.
• International Benchmarking Clearninghouse
• Paradigm Shift International Resource and Forum. Resources on change management and knowledge management.
• Workflow and Reengineering International Association

Business Ethics

• Business Ethics Magazine. Includes interviews with major business leaders, news features, and perspectives on life and work.
• Business Ethics Training and Development Homepage. Provided by Robert A. Giacalone, Professor of Business Ethics, University of North Carolina Charlotte
• Global Business Responsibility Resource Center. Corporate social responsibility from Business for Social Responsibility.
• SHRM Code of Ethics

Communication

• CompanyNewsletters.com. Tips on creating effective employee newsletters.

Contingency Planning

• DRI International. The purpose of the DRI is to create a base of common knowledge for the disaster recovery / business continuity planning industry.
• Disaster Recovery Journal
• Libery Mutual Risk Strategies Resource Library. Articles on risk management and other business publications.

Corporate Governance

• Corporate Governance home page.A springboard for explorations and discussions concerning the movement to enhance wealth by creating more democratic forms of corporate governance.

Employee Assessments

• alt.psychology.personality archives. This newsgroup has posted info on personality types, as well as a personality inventory that can be taken online.
• IPMA Assessment Council
• Job Analysis & Personality Research. Research materials from Virginia Tech.
• Kingdomality Test. What is your medevial vocational personality? From Career Management International
• Meyers Briggs FAQ
• PerformanceReview.Com. Online performance review software. SHRM members receive discount.
• Schoonover & Associates. Assessment center includes sample multi-rater, self-, and 360º assessment tools.
• Trends. Articles related to conducting surveys (employee, managerial assessment, customer, etc.). From William Steinberg Consultants.

Handbooks and Policies

• At-Will Employment Policy. Sample policy from "Bullet Proof Employee Handbooks" by Ethan Winning.
• Employment Policy Foundation.
• The Ultimate Employee Handbook: A Workshop. Impressive collection of advice and field experiences relating to putting together employee handbooks.

HR Consulting

• SHRM Consultants Forum
• SHRM Consultants Forum Directory
• Chic Hospitality. Includes aritcles on HR consulting and online forums.

Interviewing

• Employment Interviewer Training Course. Free online modules help users to develop and administer interviews that are valid, reliable, fair and practical
• Discriminatory Effects of the Face-to-Face Selection Interview. From the Law Info Forum.
• The Interview Coach. Features interview tips and virtual practice interviews for interviewers and interviewees.
• Interviewer's Edge. News, tools and techniques to help managers hire top talent.
• Introduction to Exit Surveys. Provided by Robert A. Giacalone, Professor of Business Ethics, University of North Carolina Charlotte

Job Descriptions

• SHRM Job Descriptions Database. Members-only compendium of actual job descriptions.
• Descriptions Now Direct. On line forms for creating job descriptions that can be downloaded from the Internet or e-mailed.

Knowledge Management

• KM. The knowledge management server.

Leave

• Sensational Sabbatical Suggestions. Travel tips for people planning temporary employment away from home.

Mentoring

• Hard at Work
• Mentor/Teacher. Online handbook about mentoring from University of California.
• Peer Resources

Organizational Psychology

• Navitar Consulting. Resource center for helping you develop your business and its people.
• Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychologists. From the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology.

Outplacement

• Association of Outplacement Consulting Firms International. Represents firms and professionals who help organizations plan, implement and follow-up individual terminations or group layoffs.
• Drake Beame Morim. Consultants specializing in outplacement, the DBM site includes employment statistics and outsourcing news, tips and trends.

Productivity/Motivation

• International Society for Performance Improvement
• Managing in the '90s. Program of the UK Department of Trade and Industry DTI to improve performance of UK companies.
• Nelson Motivation Resources. Links to materials on employee motivation.
• Outsourcing Institute. Professional association for objective, independent information on the strategic use of outside resources.
• Performance Management Technical Assistance Center. Tips on management and productivity. Written for a federal employment audience, this site contains a variety of techniques that can be used in the private sector as well.
• Performance Technology. Overview from San Diego State University

Project Management

• Project Management Institute. Includes Guide to the The Project Management Body of Knowledge.

Relocation

• BR Anchor Publishing. Cost-effective relocation advice.
• Cendant Mobility. Includes relocation guide and checklits.
• The Employee Relocation Council
• Mobility Services home page for relocation specialists
• Relocation Journal/Real Estate News
• Relocation Salary Calculator from Center for Mobility Resources
• Relocation Wizard. Center for Mobility Resources application creates timelines for relocations.
• Virtual Relocation. Compendium of helpful sites and tools to assist HR deptartments or inividual relocate.

Succession Planning

• Business Succession Planning. From Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach.
• Grooming Next Millennium Leaders. By William Byham of Development Dimension, Inc. From HR Magazine.
• Succession Planning. Online primer from Hagberg Consulting Group.

Volunteerism

• Altrusa. International association of business executives and professionals who volunteer their energies and expertise in projects dedicated to community betterment.
• Getting the Jump on Future HR Needs. Colin Powell describes the roles HR managers play in the America's Promise movement. From HR Magazine
• Supporting Volunteerism. From HR Magazine
• Workplace Involvement. Suggestions from United Way on workplace volunteer programs.

Workplace Culture

• Human Resource Institute's Culture Change Strategiest. Review of key concepts, definitions and guiding principles of culture change