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Developing Human Resource Strategy 1: Define the future organization/situation

Define a vision of the future organization and how people will perform and develop, thus enabling the achievement of business objectives

On-the-Job

Participate in a task group charged with developing/writing the company or unit human resource strategy Study the company/unit strategic plan to identify people-related business issues Assess the organizational capability required to fulfill the company vision and mission

Education and Training

  • Human Resource Business School (The Wharton School, 215-898-1776, 1 week, $4950)
  • Successfully Managing Organizational Transformation (UCLA, 310-825-2001, 2 days)
  • Strategic Business Knowledge for Senior HR Executives (The Human Resource Planning Society, 212-490-6387, 2 days, $1095)
  • Thinking and Managing Strategically (American Management Association, 518-891-1500, 3 days, $1295)

Reading

  • HR Executive Review: HR Outlook (The Conference Board, 212-339-0345, Report No. HRER-11, 1996)
  • Rewriting the Rules of Human Resources (The Conference Board, 212-339-0345, Report No. 1108, 1995)
  • Vickie Abrahamson et al., The Future Ain't What It Used To Be: The 40 Cultural Trends Transforming Your Job, Your Life, Your World (Berkeley Publishing, 1999)
  • Judith M. Bardwick, In Praise of Good Business: How Optimizing Risk Rewards Both Your Bottom Line and Your People (John Wiley & Sons, 1998)
  • Peter Cappelli, et al., Change at Work (Oxford University Press, 1997)
  • Peter Cappelli, The New Deal at Work (Harvard Business School Press, 1999)
  • Daryl R. Conner, Managing at the Speed of Change (Villard Books, 1992)
  • Peter F. Drucker, Concept of the Corporation (Transaction Publishing, 1993)
  • Dwight L. Gertz and Joao Baptista, Grow to be Great: Breaking the Downsizing Cycle (The Free Press, 1995)
  • Michael Mandel, The High Risk Society: Peril and Promise in the New Economy (Random House, 1997)
  • George T. Milkovich, "Restructuring of Human Resource Management in the United States - Working Paper 93-01" (Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, Cornell University)
  • Jeffrey Pfeffer, The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First (Harvard Business School Press, 1998)
  • Peter Senge et al., The New Workplace: Transforming the Character and Culture of Our Organizations (Pegasus Communications, 1998)
  • Dave Ulrich and Dale Lake, Organizational Capability (John Wiley & Son, 1990)

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