Human resource champions : the next agenda for adding value and delivering results

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Title:

Author:

Ulrich, David, 1953-

ISBN:

9780875847191

Personal Author:

Ulrich, David, 1953-

Publication Information:

Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c1997.

Physical Description:

xi, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. The Next Agenda for Competitiveness: Human Resources -- 2. The Changing Nature of Human Resources: A Model for Multiple Roles -- 3. Becoming a Strategic Partner -- 4. Becoming an Administrative Expert -- 5. Becoming an Employee Champion -- 6. Becoming a Change Agent -- 7. HR for HR -- 8. What's Next?

Abstract:

For companies striving to meet the competitive challenges of today and tomorrow - including globalization, technology, profitability through growth, and capacity for change - the management of human resources holds the key to future success. Ulrich urges a shift of the HR professional's mentality from "what I do" to "what I deliver" and identifies four distinct roles that human resources staff must assume in order to make the transition: strategic partner, administrative expert, employee champion, and change agent. Full of examples from dozens of companies that have transformed their HR functions, Human Resource Champions provides hands-on tools that show HR professionals how they can operate in all four areas simultaneously. It offers specific recommendations for HR staff and line managers about how to establish a partnership to deliver value and make their organizations more competitive.

Subject Term:

Personnel management.

Organizational change.

Organizational Innovation.

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The author argues that the roles of human resource professionals must be redefined to meet the competitive challenges organizations face today and into the future. He provides a framework that identifies four distinct roles of human resource professionals: strategic player, administrative expert, employee champion, and change agent. He includes many examples to demonstrate that human resource professionals must operate in all four areas simultaneously in order to contribute fully. He urges a shift of these professionals' mentality from "what I do" to "what I deliver" and makes specific recommendations for how individuals in human resources can partner with line managers to make organizations more competitive.