Top Five Reasons Employees Hate HR

Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in General HR | 4 Comments »

For those of us that work in HR, it's fairly well known that most employees feel a general sense of unease when HR is mentioned, but many downright hate HR.  When I first started to work, I really resented this ...

Five Reasons HR Should NOT Report to Line Management

Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in General HR | No Comments »

For the past decade or more, there has been a significant push in both academic and professional circles to transform the Human Resources function from an administrative unit into something more strategic. HR needs a "seat at the table" ...

The Purpose of Human Resources

Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in General HR | No Comments »

I can imagine no better place to begin this blog then to attempt to re-define, or at least clarify, the true purpose of the Human Resources function of a business. If you were to ask Joe Employee what HR does, ...