According to this, Fast Company isn’t finished yet. The author of the "Why We Hate HR" article is set to appear on CNBC tonight.
Let me know if anybody catches this.
November 3rd, 2005
“Why We Hate HR” Will Not Go Away!
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November 4th, 2005 at 12:28 pm
Thanks to the wonders of the DVR, I was able to record this and fast forward through stories about how Wal-Mart, Google and ‘big oil’ are destroying our lives.
The segment with Mr. Hammonds was very brief and not extremely provocative. The ‘counterpoint’ in the interview was provided by a Professor from the University of Michigan school of Business. They agreed on the need for HR be a strategic part of the overall business strategy, so the argument became whether that is the case in businesses today. There was nothing extremely compelling in the discussion that would sway one’s opinion to either side of the argument.
November 4th, 2005 at 2:26 pm
Keith,
Thanks for the update. I tried to catch it last night, but didn’t make it. On the point of whether or not HR is a strategic business partner – I had the opportunity to briefly attend the Balanced Scorecard conference in San Francisco this week. I sat in on a session in which this topic was brought up. The response was interesting. Some of the people said “HR isn’t prepared to be a strategic partner – they’re too focused on transactional stuff.” Others said something like “we just hired someone new to run HR who has more of a business background so that they can be part of the strategy process.” The debate rages on.