Category Archives: Organisation
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Process this….
7April 29, 2013 by Neil
It won’t come as a surprise to people who know me that I’m not keen on unnecessary process. I understand …
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Nobody wants to be engaged
44April 15, 2013 by Neil
Employee Engagement is a term that has been bandied about for a number of years now. HR people need to understand that this is a completely artificial construct that doesn’t replace the old psychological contract. People wanted to be treated as people.
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Vive la différence
Leave a commentMarch 25, 2013 by Neil
HR overlaps with so many other parts of the organisation. That doesn’t, however, mean that it should report to any of the other areas. Being too focussed on one element of our remit means that we can neglect the others. The key is to be different but work collaboratively with subject matter experts.
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Power, control, HR and Ulrich
6March 11, 2013 by Neil
No HR model has ever adequately dealt with the issues of power and control within the HR function. The Ulrich model, although well intentioned, went a long way to exaggerating these issues rather than dealing with them. In my view, until we deal with these things, we’re never going to move forward.
