HR’s value and efficacy is a favorite topic of debate in business. Complaints about HR include things from weak, reactive business partnering to poor talent recruitment and development, from time-wasting processes to incomprehensible communications. I don’t intend to defend HR or provide guidance on how to change all those HR processes that have failed to deliver. But my colleagues and I will make a case for why hating HR can be bad for your company — and why HR has a vital role to play in helping an organization make the best use of its human capital.
HR’s Vital Role in How Employees Spend Their Time, Talent, and Energy
It can pay more attention to productivity.
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