Strategic Value: Measuring the Human Resource Function ...

Craig Schneider, CFO Mag, explores the tactics needed to create differentiation in the human resource function. Metrics are needed to establish a foundation of value. Partnering with the finance function is seen as a way to accelerate the measurement initiative. A quantitative approach should be balanced with the art of "resources human", since people and talent should not always be boiled down to a number. ...

... "The human-resources department is in survival mode. As outsourcing the function becomes a more-prevalent option for companies, HR managers know that if they are going to endure, they have to deliver strategic value, and that value has to be measurable. " ...

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