Does HR have a reputation problem?

- Does it pick up the pieces when all the hard-nosed business decisions have already been taken?

- Does it act as a buffer between the cold world of commercial decision making and employee aspirations and wishes?

- Is HR the pink and fluffy side of the organisation or is it really a respected contributor to business strategy?

- Do boards of directors have any better understanding of HR’s purpose than they did 20 years ago or do they still see it as primarily an administrative function?

- Are they really convinced that HR will help them gain a competitive advantage through people?

What about those who work in the profession?

- Do you accept that your role is the same as any other operational manager - to keep shareholders happy?

- Or do you see yourself as an employee champion - fighting to give them a voice and helping them to find fulfilling employment and an outlet to develop their potential?

- Are these two diametrically opposed and conflicting roles for HR or are they actually mutually inclusive for organisational effectiveness and business success?

What about those who do not work in the commercial arena?

- What is HR’s role in the police, local government and the civil service?

- Does HR strategy really exist and are you anymore respected in the public sector?

- Moreover, what role does HR have when the motivation of many employees is less to do with their pay packet and much supposedly much more founded on a public service ethos?

Answer above please.

Regards

Sawant