Research Catalog

Title

Creating a strategic human resources organization : an assessment of trends and new directions / Edward E. Lawler, III and Susan Albers Mohrman ; with Alice Yee Mark, Beth Neilson, and Nora Osganian.

Author

Lawler, Edward E., III.

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.

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Additional Authors

Mohrman, Susan Albers.

Description

xiv, 135 pages; 28 cm

Summary

• "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.

Subjects

• Personnel management
• Personnel departments
• Personnel management > Computer network resources
• Personnel management > Technological innovations
• Organizational effectiveness
• Human capital

Note

• "Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-123).

Contents

1. Role of HR -- 2. HR Organizational Approaches -- 3. HR Activities -- 4. Talent Strategies -- 5. Shared Services -- 6. Outsourcing -- 7. Use of IT -- 8. eHR Systems -- 9. Effectiveness of eHR Systems -- 10. HR Skills -- 11. Effectiveness of the HR Organization -- 12. Determinants of HR Effectiveness -- 13. HR as a Strategic Partner.

ISBN

0804747024 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2002153930

OCLC

• ocm51022637
• SCSB-4347449

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries