Human Resource Transformation: Demonstrating Strategic Leadership in the Face of Future Trends - Hardcover

Rothwell, William J.; Prescott, Robert K.; Taylor, Maria W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0891062513 ISBN 13: 9780891062516

Publisher: UNKNO, 2008

Synopsis

From this experienced author team whose previous book, Strategic Human Resource Leader, first introduced the concept of HR transformation, comes this detailed exploration of today's workforce and workplace trends that drive the need for HR to radically rethink, reinvent, and reposition its role within the organization. With data culled from the authors' first-ever 20+year longitudianl study of how general managers view HR's focus and performance, Human Resource Transformation explores the new role of HR leadership, especially when facing the challenges of outsourcing, and presents an action plan for aligning and implementing a new agenda for connecting the HR function to the success of the organization.

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From the Publisher

HR transformation is no flavor-of-the-month trend. Nor does it happen in quite the same way from one organization to the next. Instead, rechartering and realigning HR policy, practice, and competencies goes hand in hand with the unique strategic direction of each individual organization.

Set against a backdrop of the external trends affecting today's workforce and workplace, this action guide to transformation offers rich insight into the various ways strategic decisions drive change, the critical part HR can play in addressing business and operational issues, and the new role of HR leadership, especially when facing the challenges of outsourcing.

With data culled from the authors' 20-plus-year longitudinal study of how general managers view HR's focus and performance, HUMAN RESOURCE TRANSFORMATION presents a system perspective for total talent management and business success, examining the key elements of culture, business environment, strategy, talent need, competencies and capabilities, capacity, and human capital and innovation. With a wealth of fresh research and dozens of in-depth case studies--from AT&T to IBM to the U.S. Navy--the authors illustrate how to move HR from the end of the business process chain to its rightful position as the strategic leader in aligning talent with organizational goals to help shape corporate strategy and competitive advantage.

From the Back Cover

An action-packed guide to HR transformation

In an age when the intellectual capital of knowledge workers often defines the strategic direction of business, HUMAN RESOURCE TRANSFORMATION maps out a plan of action for aligning the HR function with overall strategic objectives and the success of the organization. Copublished with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it mines a wealth of fresh research and dozens of in-depth case studies to offer practical advice and important lessons on how the savviest HR leaders are leveraging the strengths and capabilities of human capital to prepare their organizations for the challenges ahead.

"The authors have isolated and tackled the most serious threat to the profession of HR--the tendency to march 'lemming-like' toward obsolescence and irrelevance. Transformative thought and action is the appropriate antidote."
Jim Bowles, Vice President of Human Resources, AT&T Mobility

"A must-have resource for all HR professionals. Its simple, eloquent, and powerful messages will empower readers to transform the role and legacy of the HR function at an individual, departmental, and organizational level."
Cathy Lee Gibson, MBA, SPHR, Director, Human Resource Management Programs, ILR School, Cornell University

Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0891062513
• ISBN 13: 9780891062516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208