What HR can do to give change a chance
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 18 July 2008
Abstract
Purpose
This article presents the view that change is part of nature rather than an industrial process, and that HR specialists are well placed to approach it with the care and sensitivities needed to make it successful.
Design/methodology/approach
Highlights the skills and attributes that HR specialists need in order to help an organization to change successfully.
Findings
Describes the need for leaders to inspire their employees, help them to feel safe and reassure them that change is in their interests.
Practical implications
Contends that HR specialists have the opportunity, and the training, to help line managers who are less able in these areas.
Originality/value
Argues against the “human resources” view of employees.
Keywords
Citation
Derwent Cooke, R. (2008), "What HR can do to give change a chance", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/09670730810888401
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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