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A much-needed partner – The Financial Times online
[08-05-2007]
While automating routine HR processes has given staff more time to undertake strategic tasks, the transition from personnel administration to adding value to the business will require major organisational changes throughout the entire business. Jason Kiely explains that the HR function will need to change the way it operates in order to accomplish this, and advises that the transition may require investment in specific training so that staff can gain the new skills required. "‘HR needs a ‘project mindset’ to manage tight timescales, a variety of resources with discrete business, technical and application skill sets to achieve very specific deliverables,’ says Jason Kiely, practice head at Morse Application Consulting. ‘They lack experience because they haven’t needed it in the past, so they need training in project management to learn how to manage budgets and timescales.’" Full article here