How Do You Create A Value-Added Human Resources Function?
Human Resource Management is under tremendous pressure to develop innovative people strategies that will ensure overall business success. In a large number of companies today, Human Resources (HR) still plays the traditional role of a transactional and administrative people services provider. In this role, HR is usually viewed as necessary but not valuable. Every now and then an employee problem occurs, and HR moves to the forefront ready to save the day and company dollars by invoking policies, employment law, and preventative or reactive measures to stop the drain of company profits. But for the most part, people-related processes and services still take a back seat to more pressing business issues and are usually the first to be cut or eliminated in a financial crisis. In its simplest form, human resource management focuses on getting things done through people and is an essential part of every manager’s responsibilities. It has an enormous influence on the success of an organizatio
