Thomas J. Watson, founder of IBM, summed up the value of human resources in any company when he said, "It takes people to build a business." Managing a firm's workforce -- its human capital -- falls ...

Human resources management in small businesses can be highly structured as in large organizations, or less structured to permit flexibility in workforce planning, staffing and HR control over the ...

Strategic human resources management places greater importance on managing people than on performing operational tasks. The goal is to integrate human resources as a full strategic business partner ...

For almost 30 years the HR competency study (HRCS) has empirically defined the competencies of HR professionals and how those competencies impact performance. In this round we collected more than ...

Dave Ulrich is the HR guru’s guru, credited with developing the “HR business partner” model and other influential ideas in books including “HR Champions” and “The HR Value Proposition”. Here, Ulrich ...

Tracking employee competencies across a large workforce is an elusive, yet worthwhile, challenge. For employers who operate in highly regulated industries, it also can be a financial necessity. If ...

Leading HR thinker Dave Ulrich and a team at Michigan Ross School of Business and the RBL Group have unveiled the six core competencies HR professionals must demonstrate to be personally effective and ...

Modern HR must take on many roles to demonstrate competence and effectiveness, according to Dave Ulrich, Jon Younger, Wayne Brockbank and Mike Ulrich who this year are celebrating 25 years of research ...

Core competencies are the most essential skills and behaviors your people need to succeed in their roles and drive your business strategy. They spell out what good performance looks like in clear, ...

Many human resources competencies are non-negotiable, because a lack of them could mean the difference between business success or failure. No smart business owner with employees will — nor should — ...