Category Archives: Strategy

The questions over HR Strategy, ROI, credibility and the genuine strategic contribution that HR makes to the business seems to be a topic that never dies. Continuing the post and comments exchange with Steve at Catbert, he makes a great … Continue reading →

Following on from our own post on levels of happiness within HR, Personnel Today have also picked up on the same survey in their article entitled ‘Tears on my pillow: why is HR so unhappy?’. As I’ve said before, I … Continue reading →

Steve over at Catbert quotes a recent Guardian Survey in which HR workers are the unhappiest of all. In the UK, the workers who were most happy in their jobs were those who worked in research (59%) and engineering (53%). … Continue reading →

I read a great story in Personnel Today looking at the HR function at Home Depot – Home Improvement. The two juicy bits are the rapid rate of growth and the pay of the HR director. On the subject of … Continue reading →

I read an interesting piece on the evolution of the HR function within organisations and organisational culture. Just as IT and Finance departments mature, so does HR. This author, writing partially from a Japanese perspective at least, comments * The … Continue reading →

Andrew Weissman picked up on the popular theme of measuring and placing a value on HR. Andrew wrote In exploring the concept of how to measure the return an enterprise receives from its investment in people (the largest single investment … Continue reading →

I am often left with an unanswered question when I come across the idea that; As two organizations come together, it is vitally important to make sure that everyone knows the ground rules, and that the new organization takes the … Continue reading →

A hat tip to Allan Engelhardt who writes; If you are at all interested in enterprise social software, then the article A Practical Guide to Social Networks from the March 2005 issue of the Harvard Business Review is required reading. … Continue reading →

Regina Miller wrote a great piece on the ‘Value Added Attitude’ of HR and the fact that this is a subject that Regina “could blog on for hours on this topic, but will stop here. I will come back to … Continue reading →

Following on from the previous post, my curiosity was roused by Paul Kearns’ comments in the same article. He states; HCM has to show a direct causal connection between effective HR strategy and bottom-line business performance, but because HR is … Continue reading →