List Books » Creating a Strategic Human Resources Organization: An Assessment of Trends and New Directions
Authors: Edward Lawler III (Editor), Susan Albers Mohrman, Susan Albers Mohrman, Edward Lawler (Editor), Alice Yee Mark
ISBN-13: 9780804747028, ISBN-10: 0804747024
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: March 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Edward E. Lawler III is the Director for the Center for Effective Organizations and a Distinguished Professor of Business at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. He is the author or co-author of over 300 articles and 30 books. Susan A. Mohrman is senior research scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.
This volume presents the findings of a 6-year longitudinal study on the function of HR organizations in large corporations. The results of the study, conducted by the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California, are distilled into a vision of how HR can become a contributor to organizational success in today’s knowledge economy.
Tables and Figures | ||
Preface | ||
The Authors | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
The Study and Sample | 12 | |
1 | Role of HR | 21 |
2 | HR Organizational Approaches | 27 |
3 | HR Activities | 32 |
4 | Talent Strategies | 36 |
5 | Shared Services | 44 |
6 | Outsourcing | 49 |
7 | Use of IT | 55 |
8 | eHR Systems | 64 |
9 | Effectiveness of eHR Systems | 69 |
10 | HR Skills | 77 |
11 | Effectiveness of the HR Organization | 84 |
12 | Determinants of HR Effectiveness | 89 |
13 | HR as a Strategic Partner | 100 |
Conclusion | 105 | |
Future Directions | 114 | |
References | 120 | |
Appendix | 125 |