Product Description

This book highlights the changes and challenges to the role of the HR Business Partner, overviewing the emerging service delivery models for the HR function (in particular the development of shared services and outsourcing options) and what this means for the HR Business Partner (HRBP) in the modern enterprise. The purpose of this book is to provide a conceptual framework and practical advice, based on real life case studies and recent research, into how HR Business Partners best add value to the organization. The authors have extensive experience of working in the area of HR restructuring (having been HR Directors in blue chip organizations and senior advisers in leading consultancies) and have consistently come up against confusion and contradiction about what is the new role of the HR Manager/Business Partner in supporting business managers in the delivery of strategic and tactical objectives. Theory and conceptual models are used to underpin this book but it has been written as a pragmatic, hands-on guide that will help its readers think through how best they might fulfil the role of the HRBP. The book contains checklists, case study examples and self-assessment tools. It is supported by supplementary material (updates, further case studies, templates and tools) which are available via the authors' website.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76411 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 166 pages

About the Author
Ian Hunter is a founding partner of Orion Partners. He has worked for a number of leading management consultancies, including Accenture and AT Kearney and has been an HR Director in two blue chip organizations. Jane Saunders is one of the founding partners of Orion Partners. Jane is an experienced international consultant, with significant experience in the area of HR Strategy and Transformation. Allan Boroughs, a partner with Orion Partners, has an extensive track record in the design and delivery of HR information technology spanning a 15 year period. Simon Constance is a senior consultant at Orion Partners. Simon has hands-on business development, HR transformation consulting and operational management experience.

Customer Reviews

HR Business Partners not HR Managers
This is the best "HR" book I have read to date. The book highlights the key differences between the role of an HR Business Partner (BP) and HR Manager emphasising that that the BP label is significantly more than a glorified version of the "HR Manager" title. Compact, "unwaffley" and useful throughout, I would strongly recommend this publication to anybody wishing to understand the true key areas of focus plus essential skill and mindsets of today (and tomorrow)'s BP.

Excellent and Clear Guide
I picked up a copy of this book when working on a post-graduate project in the HR Sector. I have found it to be one of the clearest guides to the defined roles within the wider HR Function and invaluable when defining the existing threads within the corporate environment.

The subject matter is entered into in great detail without patronising or mystifying the reader. Hugely recommended for both student and professional.