Christensen, Ralph,    1951- <br/><br/>
Roadmap to strategic HR :  turning a great idea into a business reality / 
 Roadmap to strategic human resources 
Ralph Christensen ; foreword by Dave Ulrich. 
 - New York :  American Management Association,  c2006. 
 - xv, 270 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-264) and index. 
<br/><br/>The complexity of the challenge -- From rigid administrators to strategic contributors -- Assess the organization's readiness for change -- Develop a framework and language for HR --Understand the senior HR leader's role as organizational architect -- Clarify line management's role in creating and owning human resources strategy -- Create a human and organizational strategy -- Examine the five human resources processes through a strategic lens -- Examine workforce planning and staffing through a strategic lens -- Examine performance management through a strategic lens -- Examine organization development through a strategic lens -- Examine learning and development through a strategic lens -- Examine employee relations through a strategic lens -- Clarify the roles of generalist and specialist -- Design the structure of your new HR organization -- Assess and upgrade your HR talent -- Managing the roadblocks in making the transition to strategic HR -- Managing your career in the field of strategic human resources -- The future of human resources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0814408672 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Personnel management.<br/>Personnel departments -- Management.<br/>Manpower planning.<br/>Strategic planning.<br/>Personnel management -- Vocational guidance.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>658.301  / CHR 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.301  / CHR [ Shelf 50 ]