Roadmap to strategic HR : turning a great idea into a business reality / Ralph Christensen ; foreword by Dave Ulrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christensen, Ralph, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personnel management.

Personnel departments--Management.

Personnel departments.

Manpower planning.

Strategic planning.

Personnel management--Vocational guidance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Roadmap to strategic human resources

Place of Publication:

New York : American Management Association, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A practical process for turning human resources into a crucial component of success -- from an HR professional who really did it!

Contents:

The complexity of the challenge

From rigid administrators to strategic contributors

Assess the organization's readiness for change

Develop a framework and language for HR

Understand the senior HR leader's role as organizational architect

Clarify line management's role in creating and owning human resources strategy

Create a human and organizational strategy

Examine the five human resources processes through a strategic lens

Examine workforce planning and staffing through a strategic lens

Examine performance management through a strategic lens

Examine organization development through a strategic lens

Examine learning and development through a strategic lens

Examine employee relations through a strategic lens

Clarify the roles of generalist and specialist

Design the structure of your new HR organization

Assess and upgrade your HR talent

Managing the roadblocks in making the transition to strategic HR

Managing your career in the field of strategic human resources

The future of human resources.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-264) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-12644-6

9786611126445

0-8144-2913-0

OCLC:

475962754