Creating a strategic human resources organization
Subtitle: an assessment of trends and new directions
By: Edward E. Lawler, III and Susan Albers Mohrman ; with Alice Yee Mark,  Beth Neilson, and Nora Osganian
Contributors: Mohrman, Susan Albers
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Personnel management; Personnel departments; Human capital; Organizational effectiveness; Personnel management -- Technological innovations; Personnel management -- Computer network resources
Description: "Creating a Strategic Human Resources Organization, the third study on the HR function in large corporations by the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California, measures how changes in the business environment affect human resources and, consequently, whether HR is becoming a strategic business partner. A follow-up to the 1995 and 1998 reports, this edition compares new data with the original studies to note changes and improvements in the selected corporations.

This pubication is a CEO report of a study funded by the Human Resources Planning Society and the corporate sponsors of the Center for Effective Organizations."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-123)
Table of contents: title: Role of HR; title: HR organizational approaches; title: HR activities; title: Talent strategies; title: Shared services; title: Outsourcing; title: Use of IT; title: eHR systems; title: Effectiveness of eHR systems; title: HR skills; title: Effectiveness of the HR organization; title: Determinants of HR effectiveness; title: HR as a strategic partner