In the HR business partner model, the human resource department participates in strategic planning to help the business meet present and future goals. Rather than concentrating solely on HR duties ...

When I first started in HR, everyone saw our department as just the group that planned the company picnic. And they thought those picnics were equivalent to employee engagement. But these kinds of ...

Human resource management can be approached in two fundamentally different ways. Human resources employees can fill purely administrative roles, simply facilitating the paperwork involved for tasks ...

There was a time not long ago when “getting HR involved” generally meant diffusing an employee relations issue. Twentieth-century HR was all about control, enforcing compliance around hiring, training ...

This paper outlines the issues in relation to the strategic human resource management (HRM) process in organisations from three industries that have experienced a high degree of change during the last ...

The role of a fractional chief human resources officer (CHRO) has emerged as a transformative force in the business landscape. The strategic deployment of fractional CHROs has proven instrumental in ...

Finance is a vital partner—not HR’s North Star. Overreliance on the CFO keeps CHROs stuck as cost custodians. This article ...

At Cycle & Carriage Singapore, a multi-entity business undergoing constant expansion, the shift from HR partner to growth ...

As we approach the end of the year, human resources (HR) professionals find themselves in the familiar position of planning for the year ahead. It is a critical juncture. It marks the perfect time to ...

Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 26, No. 2 (May 2012), pp. 55-70 (16 pages) This paper outlines important ideological, institutional, and cultural contexts that shape what strategic human ...