IHRIM Press to Release Two New Books: Remote Control: A Practitioners Guide to Managing Virtual Teams" and HR: Funny Side Up"

IHRIM Press is releasing two new books this spring; "Remote Control: A Practitioners Guide to Managing Virtual Teams," written by two 30-year veterans of IBM, Gerald Falkowski and Stephen Troutman, and "HR:Funny Side Up," written by Elliott Witkin whose Dave Barry-like humor takes the reader on a laugh-filled trip through his world of HR/HRMS.

Burlington, MA (PRWEB) February 24, 2005 -- Consistent with its mission to provide high-quality publications, IHRIM Press is releasing two new books this spring. The authors of "Remote Control: A Practitioners Guide to Managing Virtual Teams," Gerald Falkowski and Stephen Troutman, have 60+ years of combined experience working with virtual teams from IBM and IBM clients. In this book, they bring their wealth of knowledge and real-world practical experience to help others working in a virtual environment. While this book is appropriate for people in global businesses, it is equally applicable to individuals that need to work together virtually with others for any reason -- even if only across town.

"Remote Control" is a definitive "how to" for people who need to work in virtual teams and want to maximize their effectiveness. The authors have specifically targeted team leaders, team members, and the executives who sponsor teams. The world today demands a more complex and integrated model of work that entails people working together, simultaneously remote, matrixed, and sometimes global. The Team Capital Model, how teams deposit assets that can later be withdrawn during the inevitable periods of stress during a project, is the fundamental concept in the book that helps ensure smooth functioning, effective and successful teams.

On the lighter side, "HR: Funny Side Up" takes a humorous look at HR and HRIS from the perspective of Elliott Witkin, author of The Back Page" column in the IHRIM.link magazine, and sometimes referred to as the Dave Barry of the HR world." This book features some of the best of Witkins columns over the past 10 years plus some new, unique observations. According to the author, we are fortunate that our work is so focused on people because everyone we work with has the ability to make us laugh (although sometimes its polite to wait until they leave the room to start laughing)."

When you get people and technology together, the outcome has always been fascinating, unpredictable, and often funny (although sometimes its not as funny to those using the fascinating, unpredictable technology). This book is a laugh-filled trip through time, and illustrates how technology in general, and the human resource management systems profession in particular, has changed since the HRMS Stone Age" of the early 1990s. This is a funny book - reading a chapter a day will take the stress out of your day.

To order these books at pre-publication prices, visit http://www.ihrim.org/pubonline/books.asp. Both books will be ready for shipping in mid-April and will be featured in the bookstore at IHRIMs 25th Anniversary Conference, May 1-4 in Reno, Nevada. Authors of both books will be available for book signings during the three-day conference event. For bookstores and other bulk orders, contact Samantha St. Andrie at sstandrie@rector-duncan.com.

For more information about IHRIMs products and services, and about its in-depth educational programs, visit www.ihrim.org.

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