From Human Resources Report - bna.com Human resources professionals will likely face several talent management issues in 2013 while also dealing with myriad federal regulations and the many requirements of the Affordable Care Act, experts told BNA. In general, the top issues for HR professionals in...
By Joanna Ruffle - hrmagazine.co.uk The economic crisis will continue to dominate the agenda in 2013, with further challenges ahead for Europe and beyond, especially within the public sector in this age of austerity. These turbulent times, however, call for swift and urgent action if the...
By Pete Alexandre, - business2community.com Executives and directors want to know how each department adds value to an organisation. The efforts of the sales department can be easily measured and directly tied to the company’s performance. The accounting department has hard numbers to evaluate collections on...
By Josh Bersin - forbes.com 2013 looks to be a year of global growth, but for HR and talent leaders, it will likely continue to present challenges. Bersin by Deloitte just released our 2013 predictions for corporate HR, leadership, and talent management. You can read the entire report here. Overall:...
By Clinton Wingrove - hrmagazine.co.uk Living in the iPad, Twitter and texting world, nobody can be unaware of the power of contemporary technology. Theodore George Paraskevakos first patented the concept of combining intelligence, data processing and visual display screens with telephones in 1973 but probably never...
By Andrew Mayo - personneltoday.com Economist Theodore Schultz invented the term "human capital" in the 1960s to indicate the stock of skills and competences available to produce economic value. He believed human capital was like any other type of capital - it could be invested in...
Hayley Brooksbank - hrmagazine.co.uk A new job brings new perspectives. During my time as head of global brand at an HR consultancy firm, my team and I tended to regard HR as a function with little more relevance to our strategic objectives than the IT, Risk...
By Dave Ulrich - Personneltoday.com EXCLUSIVE Leading HR thinker Dave Ulrich writes exclusively for Personnel Today. Dave Ulrich is the HR guru's guru, credited with developing the "HR business partner" model and other influential ideas in books including "HR Champions" and "The HR Value Proposition". Here, Ulrich explains...
By Karen Beaven - hrmagazine.co.uk It takes a lot of commitment and passion to effectively drive the HR agenda in any organisation and those working within the profession are sure to agree it is a demanding but hugely rewarding responsibility. In addition, HR directors today also share...
By Gabriella Jozwiak - hrmagazine.co.uk Every workplace has its idiosyncratic seasonal events, and HR is perhaps most visible during the annual performance appraisal. Why? Because employees dislike them. They are time-consuming, involve too much paperwork, HR would even do better to drop them altogether and find...