How Can HR Stay Relevant in a Tech-Driven World with Leaner Teams?

Alan M. Otadoy
HR in a Changing World

The world of business has recently continued to grow through networks of technological change on a global scale. This trend has had an impact on organizational set-up and performance management with the growing use of IT and computer automation, leading to the devaluation of the HR workforce. In fact, productivity targets today are hardly determined solely by HR organizations and controls; they are often benchmarked with technological mechanisms. Therefore, becoming productive and competitive can still be achieved nowadays even with fewer people to deliver work inputs, resulting in leaner organizational set-ups.

HR practitioners need to review this ever-changing situation and stay abreast of strategies and approaches to remain competitive in the field of production concerning HR development. AMO
Ajmal Mirza
It really is worth thinking and implementing.... The only constant thing is "Change". The person who cannot adapt to change would not be able to survive in this ever-changing world. What with IT/Software playing a major role...

IT and the changing role of HR

In today's competitive business environment, company workforces are in a continual state of flux - skillsets and job requirements as well as the regulatory environment change at such a rapid pace that the staff needs of tomorrow are very different from those of today.

Friday, June 03, 2005 at 09:53

HR has, therefore, become a huge investment for medium and large companies across industries, with people-related costs averaging over 60 percent of total corporate expenditures. The leading firms have been taking steps to ensure that they extract maximum value from their HR investments, introducing models that go beyond basic HR functionality to embrace new ways of improving the quality, efficiency, and productivity of their workforces. These businesses recognize that, to be fully effective, HR programs require new processes, supported by leading technologies.

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