Employers failing to measure HR's effectiveness

Most organisations recently surveyed by IRS have a clear statement of business and HR strategy, but nearly one third have no mechanism in place for reviewing performance against the plan.

  • Aligning business strategy and HR for competitive advantage   Read the results of the IRS study, based on responses from 49 public and private sector organisations, employing more than 156,000 people. By Mark Crail, managing editor of IRS Employment Review.

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    HR wants to shed admin burden to become strategic   The results of the second annual IRS survey of the HR department.

    The strategic HR agenda for 2004   Writing in Personnel Today, Paul Kearns of PWL argues that 2004 will see HR achieving greater influence on strategic issues, including human capital management and outsourcing.

    Human capital proposals open doors for HR   HR & Compliance Centre presents a range of article links on the recently published Accounting for People taskforce report, which identifies practical measures for the value of human capital management (HCM).