HR is not a department about a rocket science. The main goal of Human Resources is to keep efficient and cost saving operation with the human capital of the organization. Human Resources must know its HR Role.
The HR Department must fight for its place within the organization. There are companies, where Human Resources is really a strong department and there companies, where Human Resources is a department to be ignored.
When HR knows its position within the organization it can start to play its role. The roles are pretty well defined by David Ulrich. The role of HR can be divided into 4 main segments:
- Business Partner
- Employee Advocate
- Change Agent
- Admin Star
It is important to mention, the 4 roles have the same importance. The HR Department cannot decide about the stress to one role and ignoring issues in different segments. All the roles must be played at the same level to be a “trustful” business partner by other managers.
HR Role is easy to be defined, but to act according the model needs a lot of smart people inside Human Resources, who can distinguish the priorities and strategic tasks, which will help the whole organization.
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