Achieving Excellence in Human Resources Management: An Assessment of Human Resource Functions

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Stanford University Press, May 4, 2009 - Business & Economics - 184 pages

Achieving Excellence in Human Resources Management: An Assessment of Human Resource Functions is the Center for Effective Organizations' (CEO) fifth study of human resources in large corporations. The only long-term analysis of its kind, this text compares data from CEO's earlier studies to data collected in 2007—12 years of data in total. 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. The results show some important changes, and indicate what HR needs to do to be effective in the years to come. The text identifies best practices and effective organizational designs. This is a must-read for scholars and practitioners engaged in Human Resource Management.

 

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Contents

What HR Can Do
1
Research Design
12
Role of Human Resources
21
Business Strategy
28
HR Decision Science
38
Design of the HR Organization
49
Human Resources Activities
56
HR Analytics and Metrics Uses and Comprehensiveness
61
Use of Information Technology
89
Human Resource Skills
96
Effectiveness of the HR Organization
105
Determinants of HR Effectiveness
112
HR Excellence
126
What the Future of HR Should Be
134
References
143
Appendices
147

HR Analytics and Metrics Effectiveness
75
Outsourcing
83
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About the author (2009)

Edward E. Lawler III is Distinguished Professor of Business and Director of the Center for Effective Organizations in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. John W. Boudreau is Professor and Research Director at the Marshall School of Business and Center for Effective Organizations at University of Southern California.

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TitleAchieving Excellence in Human Resources Management: An Assessment of Human Resource Functions
AuthorsEdward Lawler, John W. Boudreau
Editionillustrated
PublisherStanford University Press, 2009
ISBN0804771235, 9780804771238
Length184 pages
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Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management
  
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