This paper by Alec R. Levenson (CEO), Michael J. Fenlon (PwC), and George Benson (University of Texas) explains a rethinking of the meaning of total rewards that led to changes that produced lasting reductions in turnover and direct bottom-line benefits.
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Can HR Evolve Faster? What’s in Its Way? – and How to Remove It, 4/19/2010
John Boudreau discussed his view on the evolution of the HR profession, drawing on Center research, his recent work with leading HR executives and CHRO’s, and the ideas in his forthcoming book, Retooling HR.
Achieving Excellence in Human Resources Management: An Assessment of Human Resource Functions
Like CEO’s previous research, this project measures whether the HR function is changing and on gauging its effectiveness. Edward E. Lawler III and John W. Boudreau pay particular attention to whether HR is changing to become an effective strategic partner. They also analyze how organizations can more effectively manage their human capital.
What Makes HR a Strategic Partner?
Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and John W. Boudreau (CEO) share that for several decades, the HR function in corporations has been encouraged to become a strategic partner. Data from a longitudinal study of large corporations suggest that HR is not now a strategic partner and that little or no movement toward it becoming one has occurred.
Extreme Strategizing
Theresa Welbourne discusses how this month (September, 2008) business leaders, government officials, students, and many workers at every level in the organization were shocked by the massive losses in the financial industry being documented in the press.
Relational Capital: Strategic Advantage for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Negotiation and Collaboration
Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) and Manuela Pardo del Val (Universitat de València) explain that collaborative entrepreneurship research suggests that organizations will soon pursue more collaborative relationships throughout a worldwide network of firms, driving a strategy of continuous innovation, specially small-and medium-size firms (SMEs).
Designing Organizations for Growth: The Human Resource Contribution
Susan A. Mohrman (CEO) states that HR is staring at an incredible opportunity to increase its impact on organizational performance and become a true strategic partner by contributing to the organization and work design challenges that enable growth.
Achieving Strategic Excellence: An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations
Edward E. Lawler, John W. Boudreau, and Susan Albers Mohrman (Stanford Press, 2006) This is the Center for Effective Organizations’s (CEO) fourth national study of the human resources (HR) function in large corporations. It is the only long-term national study of this important function.
Rebellion and Revolution in Strategic Planning (or “Building a Strategic Architecture”)
Larry Greiner (USC) and Tom Cummings (USC) share that strategy consultants, managers and scholars have long relied on formal strategic planning to embody and implement their more abstract concepts of strategic management.
HR Support for Corporate Boards
Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and John W. Boudreau (CEO) share how corporate boards in the United States are changing as a result of new regulations and performance demands
Who’s in the Boardroom and Does It Matter: The Impact of Having Non-Director Executives Attend Board Meetings
The present study by Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) and David Finegold (Keck Graduate Institute) looks at the impact of having key senior executives attend board meetings even though they are not on the board.
HR Should Set the Table
E. Lawler argues that the time is right for HR to take on an important new role in organizations. It needs to become a major player in the development and implementation of business strategy.
