Whether you are a senior HR professional or business leader, awareness of HR’s leading thinkers and their most prolific ideas is important for your credibility and continuing development. This article introduces 10 of HR’s most influential people from the worlds of academia and business, and outlines their key contributions to the profession.
A review of Chris Ashton and Andrew Lambert’s report into the future of HR.
A look at the work of Professor David Ulrich, a high-profile thinker on the significance of the HR function, and a co-creator of the HR Scorecard, which measures the organisational impacts of HR processes.
This article attempts to consolidate the demands placed on today’s HR function, and identifies some key competencies that will become increasingly important, both for the function itself and for the professionals working within it.
A look at the concept of shared services, which offers an opportunity to restructure the HR function to deliver the basics effectively, while acting as a high-impact strategic partner.
A look at the difficulties and benefits of outsourcing HR activities, offering some practical advice for those considering the outsourcing of some, or all, of their HR function.
This article offers a range of advice that may prove useful when seeking to communicate the mission and values of HR within the function, and across the organisation as a whole.
Practical guidance to help you create your own employee opinion survey, designed to identify what matters to employees, i.e. what impacts on their commitment, motivation and job satisfaction.
Many academic and business commentators argue that business partnering is the way ahead for the HR profession, yet many organisations fail dismally when they try to introduce it. Whether your organisation is considering adopting a business partnering approach, or wants to review its existing structure, this article offers practical advice on how to plan and implement business partnering effectively.
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