Human resource champions : the next agenda for adding value and delivering results / Dave Ulrich.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c1997.Description: xi, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0875847196 (alk. paper)
  • 9780875847191 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF 5549 .U39 1997 c.2
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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?
Summary: 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.Summary: 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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection HF 5549 .U39 1997 C.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98642162
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection HF 5549 .U39 1997 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98642163

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-271) and index.

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?

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.

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