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FROM PARTNERS TO PLAYERS: EXTENDING THE HR PLAYING FIELD. Dave Ulrich and Dick Beatty, 2001. Changing roles in HR. The shifting role of HR comes from changing business demands
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FROM PARTNERS TO PLAYERS: EXTENDING THE HR PLAYING FIELD Dave Ulrich and Dick Beatty, 2001
Changing roles in HR • The shifting role of HR comes from changing business demands • Beatty and Schneier (1996) began to describe a shift in the role of the HR professional as moving from HR partners to players as required for HR to meet a firm’s strategic challenges.
HR as a strategic player • HR professionals must be more than partners; they must be players. • Players contribute. • They are engaged. • They add value. • They are in the game, not at the game. • They deliver results. • They do things that make a diference.