Do we need HR? : repositioning people management for success /

"This practical book explores the position of HR, asking pivotal questions such as: does making HR a separate business function still make sense? Should HR return to a narrower personnel role? Should key areas like talent management be relocated to leadership and management units outside of HR?...

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Main Authors: Sparrow, Paul
Group Author: Hird, Martin; Cooper, Cary L
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "This practical book explores the position of HR, asking pivotal questions such as: does making HR a separate business function still make sense? Should HR return to a narrower personnel role? Should key areas like talent management be relocated to leadership and management units outside of HR? The authors present a picture of what new lean HR structures might look like, arguing that in the tough current environment, HR could be facing diffusion or even disintegration as a result of new types of organizational design, business knowledge, and cross functional networks. Drawing upon exclusive
Carrier Form: xii, 286 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781137002327 (hardback) :
1137002328 (hardback)
Index Number: HF5549
CLC: F272.92
Call Number: F272.92/S737
Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- 1. HR: Looking In and Looking Out -- 2. Innovation and People Management -- 3. Customer Centricity and People Management -- 4. Lean Management and Organisational Effectiveness -- 5. Managing HR Beyond the Organization -- 6. Big Data and the HR Analytics Debate -- 7. Strategic Talent Management -- 8. What is the Value of HR? -- 9. Organizational Well-being and Fairness -- 10. Model HR.