Over two semesters this has a real growth effect. They listen to each other, share their thoughts, processes, experiences, in an open facilitative mode. That the Human Resources Development program is closely identified with the needs of the workplace is critical, according to Lewison. There is a new bifurcation of the areas of management and finance in master's programs, so that professionals going into management are no longer expected to sit though hours of finance and accounting. Lewison commented that in the new corporate model the chief human resources person is as much at the top of the management team as the head of finance.
Human resources sets the culture of an organization.
The culture for the last 20 years has been to claw your way to the top, stepping on people to get there. Now the message is that you have to share, teach others, be a mentor. And those who cannot adapt to the new ways are increasingly being asked to make way for those that can.