Thomas J. Watson, founder of IBM, summed up the value of human resources in any company when he said, "It takes people to build a business." Managing a firm's workforce -- its human capital -- falls ...

Human resources management in small businesses can be highly structured as in large organizations, or less structured to permit flexibility in workforce planning, staffing and HR control over the ...

For almost 30 years the HR competency study (HRCS) has empirically defined the competencies of HR professionals and how those competencies impact performance. In this round we collected more than ...

Dave Ulrich is the HR guru’s guru, credited with developing the “HR business partner” model and other influential ideas in books including “HR Champions” and “The HR Value Proposition”. Here, Ulrich ...

Strategic human resources management places greater importance on managing people than on performing operational tasks. The goal is to integrate human resources as a full strategic business partner ...

Tracking employee competencies across a large workforce is an elusive, yet worthwhile, challenge. For employers who operate in highly regulated industries, it also can be a financial necessity. If ...

Build assessments around the role, not the limitations of the software: PsyMetrics’ modular architecture enables HR leaders and consultants to mix and match over 200 validated scales to build ...

Understanding and effectively using HR technology is now a critical part of any HR professional's job, although not all professionals possess the necessary competencies. To some extent, that's ...

Leading HR thinker Dave Ulrich and a team at Michigan Ross School of Business and the RBL Group have unveiled the six core competencies HR professionals must demonstrate to be personally effective and ...

Call it a crisis of leadership. Many business unit executives say that job candidates lack key competencies in critical areas, with leadership and navigation considered the most important missing ...