TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose–Analyzes devolution from HR departments to the line at the plant engineering and automation unit of global food‐processing and packaging company Tetra Pak.Design/methodology/approach–Highlights a new HR‐orientated management role created to replace the traditional line‐management role and how the new role of competence coach is molded in the context of a project‐based organization.Findings–Points to the need to break out of traditional conceptions of line management and to develop the concept of an HR‐orientated management role that is a legitimate player in the HR organization of a firm.Practical implications–Provides a rich case description of HRM in a project‐based firm.Originality/value–Gives practical as well as theoretical implications of HRM issues that arise in project‐based firms, and of changes in line management as a way of developing the capabilities to handle these issues.
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
SN  - 0967-0734
DO  - 10.1108/09670730810878394
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09670730810878394
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Tetra Pak extends HR department's arm: Competence coaches take on a personnel role
T2  - Human Resource Management International Digest
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 6
EP  - 8
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -