“The times they are-a-changin”: Reconstructing the new role of the strategic HR manager

• Authors: Vincent Cassar , Katarzyna Tracz-Krupa , Frank Bezzina , Sylwia Przytuła
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Much has been said about elevating the HRMgt function to strategic levels. Adopting a more evidence-based approach through the use of data analytics is considered an important driver in this direction. This provides a more potent decision-making resource that enables less biased and harder evidence which ultimately is more convincing. But will Strategic HRMgt adopting data-driven strategies require people in the profession to adopt new skills? This exploratory project is work-in-progress and presents initial interview results. Interviewees report that the use of HRMgt data analytics can certainly improve the strategic value of HR and that while the use of data can drive HR decisions more convincingly, HRMgt itself cannot be reduced or substituted by data. The participants also reported that HR professionals would require learning new skills, amongst them IT, analysis and interpretation of data. The project aims to eventually draw a number of attributes or skill-sets to this effect.

Keywords

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strategic HRMgt; data driven decision-making; new competency model

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Nauki o Zarządzaniu
• Year: 2018
• Issue: vol. 23 no. 3
• Pages: 3-11

Contributors

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Vincent Cassar

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Katarzyna Tracz-Krupa

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Frank Bezzina

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Sylwia Przytuła