A strategic perspective across a breadth of HR by Jon Ingham

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The concepts of strategic people management and strategic HR are not well understood and tend to draw quite a bit of criticism (most usually from people who do not know what the terms mean!). However, it is possible to develop people and organizational activities, together with the HR discipline that manages and delivers them, into real and significant contributors to competitive advantage (or, in the public and voluntary sectors, the potential for ongoing success and transformation). Performed well, a strategic approach to people management looks very different from more operational approaches and has very different impacts too, with HR driving, not just supporting, the rest of the business.

Strategic people management demands that the HR discipline takes onboard new skills and approaches. More importantly, still, it requires a new perspective that places people, the relationships between the people, and the way they are organized to do work, at the center of HR and the business.

This approach can be usefully supported by a few key tools and theories, particularly the organization's value chain and the value triangle. These models describe different levels of value and explains how value can be added and created. The approach also demands an understanding that there is a choice, and that people management can be performed in very different ways. Therefore, although there will always be a role for best practice, the key HR processes that will make the difference to any particular business are those which are tailored to its business strategy, the type of organization, its desired organizational capabilities and so on.

Attend this seminar to develop a more strategic approach to your own, and your HR department’s broader activities. Learn about the different opportunities that exist within people and organization strategy and reflect on which of these options will best suit your particular organization.