2nd Edition - Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009

HR strategy: Business focused, individually centred. Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003

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“Paul Kearns has produced a gem of a book, accessible, written without jargon and with a logical and analytical challenge to much of what is happening in HR departments today.

As the cover states, this is "...a mandatory read for anyone with HR in their job title". This is not going to make comfortable reading for many senior HR people, either on the Board or aspiring to it, and I would advise them to get hold of this before the CEO or the Finance Director, or risk facing some very awkward questions. For anyone setting out on a career in HR this is an indispensable handbook, and I await his next work with anticipation.”

This is the completely revised, updated and re-written 2nd Edition of Paul's ground-breaking 2003 book 'HR Strategy: Business Focused, Individually Centred' which has been adopted as a University and Executive Programme textbook in the USA and translated into French.

The Value Motive
London : Wiley 2007

Paul Kearns latest book links human values and the bottom line - available from

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“The Value Motive presents the best framework I have seen for understanding why value should be the leader’s top priority. The rich examples provide a clear path for using attainment of value as the measure of an organization’s success.”

Evaluating the ROI from Learning.
London : CIPD, 2005

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Reviews from Amazon.co.uk

“This is a straight-talking book with incredible value for HR and Learning practitioners. Kearns offers a set of practical tools that can transform the business impact of an HR/Learning function. If you want to be taken seriously by colleagues in other departments and demonstrate a credible value-add on your activities, you should read this book.”

“Frankly, this is the best book on training evaluation I've ever read.”