Benchmarking

Benchmarking: direct comparisons of different measures between an organization and 'best practice' competitors in the same business sector. This indicates the gap in performance, costs, morale, etc., between that organization and industry best practice.

See also:

Balanced Scorecard
Best Practice
Business Environment
Business Process Reengineering
Centralization
Change
Change Strategy
Competitive Advantage
Comprehensiveness
De-layering
Division of Labour
Divisional Structure
Downsizing
Soft HRM
Stakeholders
Strategic HRM
Strategy

Based on the glossary section of Human Resource Management, 4th edition.

HRM Textbooks

Human Resource Management, 4th edition
by Alan Price
 Covers all the key aspects of HRM. Available from:
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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
 Shortened version of Human Resource Management - concise analysis for non-specialists and one-semester courses.
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