TRW’s HRM Core Competencies.ppt

How to Succeed in HR Without Really Trying: A Roadmap for HR Development in the Coming Decade Presentation to the Evansville-Area Human Resource Association Dane M. Partridge, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management University of Southern Indiana March 27, 2003 Is HR Playing a Strategic Role in Your Organization? What’s the best change my organization can make to prepare for the future? What makes an Ee want to stay with my organization? How are we going to invest in HR so that my organization has a better HR dept than our competition? Source: Halcrow (1988), reported in Noe et al. (2003) Staffing the HR Function What are the KSAs of HR staff? What coursework? Many MBA programs have no required HR course What certification? Bernardin (2003) indicates that only eleven percent of SHRM members have HR certification via HRCI DMP not sure this figure is accurate – Bates (2002) reports ~56,000 HR professionals have passed a certification exam; 54% of PHR candidates are SHRM members, 72% of SPHR candidates (HRCI State of the Institute Report 2002). Staffing the HR Function Inherent exaggeration of abilities re: “people skills”? Survey of HS seniors 70% believed they were above average in leadership ability; 2% believed they were below average 100% believed they were above average in ability to get along with others, 60% believed they were in top 10%, 25% believed they were in top 1% Source: Ruggiero (2001) Should we even be teaching “people skills” at undergraduate level? Research indicates UG students have less interest in and perceive less relevance of OB course than other required business courses Mintzberg (1989), Burke and Moore (2003) Staffing the HR Function More generalizable phenomenon, re: self-ratings? Survey of 92 engineers (Meyer, 1980) Asked to self-rate relative to peer group, 0-100 (percentile) Mean: 78th percentile Only two of 92 rated themselves below 50th percentile (45) Some Discrepancies Between Research Findings and HR Practices Recruitment Researc