HR Strategy: Business Focused Individually Centred
- 1st Edition - June 20, 2003
- Latest edition
- Author: Paul Kearns
- Language: English
HR Strategy: Business Focused Individually Centred addresses the two key themes of translating business strategy into a workable, measurable HR strategy while simultaneously tappin… Read more
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Description
Description
HR Strategy: Business Focused Individually Centred addresses the two key themes of translating business strategy into a workable, measurable HR strategy while simultaneously tapping into the needs and motivational patterns of individual employees in order to unleash their maximum value. The ultimate aim of any HR strategy is to design the highest value organization.
Strategy may be a notoriously difficult topic to pin down but the author produces both a wide-angle view and specific examples of what a real HR strategy looks like in different organizational contexts. This is a book that covers the theory but swiftly moves on to the question of how anyone might actually start to develop a high value HR strategy. It shows the key ingredients and practical steps involved in implementation.
Strategy may be a notoriously difficult topic to pin down but the author produces both a wide-angle view and specific examples of what a real HR strategy looks like in different organizational contexts. This is a book that covers the theory but swiftly moves on to the question of how anyone might actually start to develop a high value HR strategy. It shows the key ingredients and practical steps involved in implementation.
Key features
Key features
* Provides a total re-appraisal and critique of the theory and practice of HR strategy
* Incorporates references to companies such as British Airways, GE, Microsoft, Sears, Siebel, Toyota and Verizon
* Demonstrates how different organizations have to develop their own unique HR strategies
* Incorporates references to companies such as British Airways, GE, Microsoft, Sears, Siebel, Toyota and Verizon
* Demonstrates how different organizations have to develop their own unique HR strategies
Readership
Readership
CEOs; HR directors; HR managers; Operational Managers with people responsibilities.
Table of contents
Table of contents
Preface; Being clear what we mean by strategy: What is strategy?; HR strategy starts with business strategy; Why is strategy so important in HR?; What makes an HR 'strategy' a strategy?; HR theories need to be re-visited; Are organisations ready for strategic HR?; Getting ready for HR strategy: An introduction to true HR strategy; Who will develop the HR strategy?; HR strategy and change management; Developing and Implementing HR Strategy: First steps towards HR strategy; What factors influence the choice of HR strategy?; Strategic tools and the use of measures; Designing the high value organisation; The future for HR strategy?
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 31, 2003
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Paul Kearns
Paul Kearns is a respected HR strategy consultant and recognised authority in measuring the financial impact of human capital strategies. He has taught HR-business strategy at MBA level for over 10 years and has a growing reputation in the UK and worldwide, as seen by his appearance in HR Magazine’s Most Influential list of 2008.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Personnel Works Limited, a strategic HR consultancy based in Bristol, UK