Rethinking Strategic Hr

Download or read book Rethinking Strategic HR written by John Sullivan and published by Wolters Kluwer. This book was released on 2005-02-28 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary goal of this book is to show you new ways to improve the business impact of your HR function by up to 25 percent. Because the goal is so high, The approaches that permeate this book are aggressive ones that are designed to make you rethink everything you do in HR. Authored by one of the industry's most respected thinkers, Rethinking Strategic HR is a forward-thinking look at building a smarter, more powerful HR strategy in any organization. Throwing out the old, conventional approaches, this provocative book provides a hard-hitting guide to 21st century HR strategy that will challenge you to think in bold, new ways. From critiques of traditional practices to specific day-to-day steps to strategic thinking, you'll get a new perspective on HR including: A clear definition of what is and what is not strategic the five distinct levels of contribution that HR can make A list of the most-used HR department strategies Tools for assessing your own strategic level A chart on how to make 'fact-based' decisions How HR routinely 'under-costs' its decisions How to make a strategic case to your CFO and more!