ABSTRACT
What difference can the aspiring HR strategist really make to business value?
In the new edition of her ground-breaking book, Linda Holbeche answers this question and provides the tools and insights to help HR managers and directors add value to the organization by implementing effective HR initiatives that are aligned to core business strategies.
Featuring updated profiles and case studies from top HR strategists who have used their skills to deliver a variety of key business objectives, Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy, 2nd edition provides inspiration and guidance on how to apply the theory to challenges in your organization.
Learn how you can strengthen and prove the relationship between people strategy and business success through your approach to performance and development and impress at the highest levels with this new edition of an HR classic.
Linda Holbeche is Director of Research and Policy at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Linda chairs and speaks at meetings and conferences worldwide and appeared at number six in Human Resources magazine's HR most influential 2008 roll call of top industry thinkers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |162 pages
The Need for Strategic Human Resources
chapter |26 pages
Introduction: From Business Partnering to Leadership
chapter |37 pages
The Context for Strategic HR
chapter |23 pages
Transforming HR into a Strategic Partner
chapter |35 pages
Measuring the Impact of Strategic HRM
chapter |39 pages
Aligning Business and HR Strategy
part |175 pages
Strategies for Managing and Developing Talent
chapter |29 pages
Recruitment and Retention Strategies
chapter |38 pages
Managing and Rewarding for High Performance
chapter |31 pages
Strategies for Developing People
chapter |25 pages
Developing Effective Career Strategies
chapter |20 pages
Developing International Managers
chapter |30 pages
High-Potential Assessment and Succession Planning
part |66 pages
Human Resources as a Strategic Function
chapter |24 pages
Skills for HR Strategists
chapter |16 pages
Working Across Boundaries
chapter |24 pages
Global HRM
part |84 pages
Implementing Strategic Change