Human resources shifts from support function to strategic lever across the ten articles gathered in this volume.
Harvard Business Review assembles work from Ram Charan, Peter Cappelli, Reid Hoffman and Marcus Buckingham among others, covering performance management, people analytics, engagement, agile practice, talent development, workplace diversity, and the effect of artificial intelligence on how work is organised. The pieces stay concrete, with examples drawn from companies that changed their approach and the trade-offs those changes produced. Articles can be taken in any order, depending on the problem in front of the reader.
A short rundown:
• Ten articles on the changing role of HR
• Writers including Ram Charan and Peter Cappelli
• Sections on people analytics and performance management
• Discussion of artificial intelligence and the workforce
For HR practitioners, business owners and management students, available from Boipoka.