The Hrps Learning Agenda: A Thought Leader Retrospective
HR. Human Resource Planning › Vol. 28 Nbr. 1, January 2005
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Summary
Last year at this time, Human Resource Planning published a special edition to introduce its readers to the HRPS Knowledge Areas. These five areas are strategically important to organizations and their leaders and have become the focus of the HRPS learning agenda: 1. HR Strategy and Planning, 2. Leadership Development. 3. Talent Management, 4. Organizational Effectiveness, and 5. Building a Strategic HR Function. The discussion centered around a key question: Is it possible to build strategy in the face of a "strategy-poor" era, in which the operating model and execution dominate, and strategy, new directions, and disruptive innovation are absent in many companies? Right now, HR is focused on "results strategies." Are these strategies at all, or just goals and measures? In considering this question, the discussion took two related turns. Clearly, the emphasis is on results. To have strategic impact, HR must have the leadership/influence skills to produce results. Having the skill to identify issues and build strategies is important, but the best strategy in the world may fail without someone to influence its implementation. Ultimately, HR strategy is driven not by the personal influence of the leader (although this is a mitigating factor), but by the talent in the organization. Talent quality is a critical enabler of organizational effectiveness. The foundation of a great company is an organizational culture that understands talent and uses it as a competitive advantage.
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The Hrps Learning Agenda: A Thought Leader Retrospective
Last year at this time, Human Resource Planning published a special edition to introduce its readers to the HRPS Knowledge Areas. These five areas are strategically important to organizations and their leaders and have become the focus of the HRPS learning agenda:
1. HR Strategy and Planning2. Leadership Development3. Talent Management4. Organizational Effectiveness5. Building a Strategic HR FunctionThe special edition featured "white paper" articles by Human Resource Planning's editors or their associates to provide an historical perspective on each knowledge area and to identify the key issues facin...See the full content of this document
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