Technology's Role in Strategic Human Resources
Michael Nosil - June 5, 2006

The Imperative for Strategic Contribution

Most chief executive officers (CEOs) are challenging their human resources (HR) departments to make more strategic contributions to the organization. With HR traditionally viewed as a cost center, it is often difficult to know precisely what that means. CEOs, who are focused on growth, earnings, and shareholder returns, want HR to support corporate business objectives and to have the necessary data to support business decisions. These roles are necessarily integrated with HR's responsibility to ensure that there are qualified and satisfied workers when and where they are needed. The way to fulfill these roles is through process excellence, integrated HR systems, and accurate and actionable data from all HR departments. When these elements come together, HR can have a tremendous and meaningful impact on the bottom line...