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Achieving Strategic Excellence: An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations

III Edward E. Lawler

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Description for Achieving Strategic Excellence: An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations Paperback. Presents the Center for Effective Organizations's (CEO) fourth national study of the human resources (HR) function in large corporations. It analyzes how organizations can effectively manage their human capital, and compares data from earlier studies to data collected in 2004. The results indicate what HR needs to do to be effective. Num Pages: 160 pages, 57 tables. BIC Classification: KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.

This is the Center for Effective Organizations’s (CEO) fourth national study of the human resources (HR) function in large corporations. It is the only long-term national study of this important function. Like the previous studies, it focuses on measuring whether the HR function is changing and on gauging its effectiveness. The study focuses particularly on whether the HR function is changing to become an effective strategic partner. It also analyzes how organizations can more effectively manage their human capital. The present study compares data from earlier studies to data collected in 2004. The results show some important changes and indicate what HR needs to do to be effective. Practices are identified that enable HR functions to be high value-added strategic partners.

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Format

Paperback

Publication date

2006

Publisher

Stanford University Press United States

Number of pages

160

Condition

New

Number of Pages

160

Place of Publication

Palo Alto, United States

ISBN

9780804753319

SKU

V9780804753319

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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days

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99-50

About III Edward E. Lawler

Edward E. Lawler III is Distinguished Professor of Business and Director of the Center for Effective Organizations in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. His most recent books include Creating a Strategic Human Resources Organization (Stanford University Press, 2003), and Human Resources Business Process Outsourcing (2004). John W. Boudreau is Professor of Management and Organization and Research Director of the Center for Effective Organizations, at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. Susan Albers Mohrman is Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.

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"Achieving Strategic Excellence offers a unique and practical perspective based on solid research on how HR impacts business success. The inclusion of data from senior line managers adds a dose of reality to how the HR function has actually changed. This important work is a must-read for HR professionals as well as business leaders seeking to maximize human capital."—Daryl D. David, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Washington Mutual, Inc. "This latest update of CEO's longitudinal HR study provides almost a decade of perspective on the challenges and changes in the HR function. HR leaders in all industries and stages of career experience will find Lawler, Mohrman, and Boudreau's conclusions insightful and provocative with some interesting twists. The strategic HR journey continues . . ."—Mary Eckenrod, Chair Elect, The Human Resource Planning Society; Vice President, Global Talent Management, Kraft Foods

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