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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About the Author

William J. Rothwell, PhD, SPHR, is president of Rothwell & Associates, Inc., and professor of workforce education and development, The Pennsylvania State University. As a consultant and academic, he has worked throughout Asia and the Middle East and formerly served in HR capacities in the Illinois Office of the Auditor General and Franklin Life Insurance Company. He is a prolific author of more than sixty books including "Effective Succession Planning" and "Competency-Based Human Resource Management."

Robert K. Prescott, PhD, SPHR, a researcher, educator, and consultant, is associate professor of human resource management at the Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College. Formerly director of the Management Development Institute at Eckerd College, he also served as director of human resources at BellSouth Communications, Inc.

Maria W. Taylor is a director of learning solutions for Raytheon Professional Services, a global leader in learning services and outsourcing, and formerly managing director of executive education, Smeal College of Business Administration, The Pennyslvania State University.

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

From the Inside Flap

Rethink, reinvent, and reposition human resources as a contributor to organizational success. With this clarion call, HUMAN RESOURCE TRANSFORMATION lays out what it will take 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.

From the authors of the groundbreaking STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE LEADER, which introduced the concept of HR transformation, comes this detailed exploration of the key trends driving the need to recharter HR's role within today's organizations. With data culled from the authors' first-ever twenty-plus-year longitudinal study of how general managers view HR's focus and performance, combined with case study examples of organizations such as AT&T, IBM, and the U.S. Navy, it demonstrates the power of HR professionals to drive organizational change. The authors examine the various ways strategic decisions influence change, the critical role HR can play in addressing business and operational issues, and the new role of HR leadership, especially when facing the challenges of outsourcing. Copublished with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Edition details

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