Human Resource Management in the 21st Century

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The cover story of the February 08 edition of Human Resource Executive offers “The HR Personality…Differences That Could Impact Your Effectiveness.” On page 22 of the article author Scott Flanders writes “Data…suggests HR executives may not be as naturally business-driven as other executives. HR leaders are significantly less ‘”enterprising”– a personality trait that [...]

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Today SHRM posted the following statement “…If some Members of Congress have their way, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be applicable to many more workers. The proposed ADA Restoration Act would change the definition of “disability” from the current standard of “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or [...]

Frequently, HR professionals find themselves in the role of teacher, teaching organizational members strategies and tactics for enabling individual and organizational success.
However, teaching assumes that the teacher possesses the knowledge, competencies, and skills necessary to instruct others to achieve content and/or skill competence.

What will be the role of labor unions in the 21st Century? Some argue that the traditional role of the union in protecting the worker has been usurped by significant legislation protecting the worker against discrimination, unsafe work conditions and issues of fair pay. Others point out that “at-will” employment is the law [...]

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Question: In your opinion, must HR professionals possess a solid business education, applied line or field business experience, and business acumen, supporting HR competencies and skills, in order to make value-based contributions to their organizations?
Thought leaders globally are articulating their responses to this question.
What do you think?
Please feel free to provide personal experiences, cite [...]

Outsourcing has emerged as a key human capital management strategy.
Organizations of all types are experimenting with, implementing, and refining outsourcing strategies in order to achieve competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Organizations using outsourcing strategies have experienced fiscal gains through organizational restructuring and increased service efficiencies resulting in new perspectives and innovation strategies focused on [...]

A common legal obstacle for attorneys when it comes to defending complaints and lawsuits over the termination an employee occurs because the evaluations of the employee have been dishonest at worst and overly kind and forgiving at best. Part of the problem may be that it is often easier to overlook sub-par or marginal [...]

Keith H. Hammonds’ 2005 Fast Company cover story article “Why We Hate HR” brought attention to and sparked heated debate concerning the his perspective concerning the current state of human resource management as a viable profession. In presenting his view of concerning the value and professional caliber of HR professionals Hammond states “Most HR [...]

Welcome to Human Resource Management in the 21st Century!
This blog is about change and transformation focused on the human resource management industry and human resource professionals.
Change - continuing the profession and professional change that is evident and progressing globally, and transformation; transforming HR professionals into business -based, human capital professionals prepared to and capable [...]