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  • 1.  Innovate, leading edge Strategic HRM practices

    Posted 01-24-2008 20:58
    Hi,

    I am seeking examples of innovative SHRM practices to give MBA students
    ideas of how companies (and individuals) can contribute to business
    strategy through their human resource practices. I would be most grateful
    for any ideas or examples in areas such as:
    establishing the leadership pipeline
    boosting engagement and productivity for existing staff
    Ensuring employment branding is optimised and targeted at the right
    candidates
    Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and carbon footprint into that
    employment brand
    Changing sources of candidates - global talent markets, mature
    workers back in demand & also how they are sourced (Facebook,
    Blogging, MySpace, etc)
    Allowing for more flexibility in the workplace, including part-time
    careers, flexible work hours
    Empowering line managers to take over the 'transactional' aspects of
    HR's role
    Creating meaningful measures of HR performance

    with many thanks in anticipation,

    kind regards

    Judi

    _________________________________

    Dr Judith S. MacCormick
    Australian School of Business
    University of NSW, SYDNEY, NSW 2052
    Tel: +61 2 9960 4060
    Fax: +61 2 9960 4020
    Mobile: 0419 285 255

    Email: judithm@agsm.edu.au
    Web: http://www.agsm.edu.au


  • 2.  Innovate, leading edge Strategic HRM practices

    Posted 01-25-2008 10:14
    Judi
    Just curious...why to you refer to these types of 'practices' as SHRM
    practices? Strategic HR and SHRM are not synonymous. As a practitioner and
    academic for over 25 years, I continue to be surprised by traditional
    academic's understanding of 'talent' processes in business which are not
    driven by SHRM but by the C-suite. I have been engaged with many innovative
    and traditional approaches that address the talent issues you list, but, if
    you want to explore sustained innovative approaches to people then I suggest
    you study the practices of WL Gore, IDEO, SAS, Google and Cisco.

    Rochelle
    Rochelle T. Mucha Ph.D.
    o.770.649.8203
    f.770.649.9898
    m.770.367.1779
    rochelle@businessasperformanceart.com
    http://www.businessasperformanceart.com

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv
    [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Judi MacCormick
    Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:58 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Innovate, leading edge Strategic HRM practices

    Hi,

    I am seeking examples of innovative SHRM practices to give MBA students
    ideas of how companies (and individuals) can contribute to business
    strategy through their human resource practices. I would be most grateful
    for any ideas or examples in areas such as:
    establishing the leadership pipeline
    boosting engagement and productivity for existing staff
    Ensuring employment branding is optimised and targeted at the right
    candidates
    Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and carbon footprint into that
    employment brand
    Changing sources of candidates - global talent markets, mature
    workers back in demand & also how they are sourced (Facebook,
    Blogging, MySpace, etc)
    Allowing for more flexibility in the workplace, including part-time
    careers, flexible work hours
    Empowering line managers to take over the 'transactional' aspects of
    HR's role
    Creating meaningful measures of HR performance

    with many thanks in anticipation,

    kind regards

    Judi

    _________________________________

    Dr Judith S. MacCormick
    Australian School of Business
    University of NSW, SYDNEY, NSW 2052
    Tel: +61 2 9960 4060
    Fax: +61 2 9960 4020
    Mobile: 0419 285 255

    Email: judithm@agsm.edu.au
    Web: http://www.agsm.edu.au


  • 3.  Innovate, leading edge Strategic HRM practices

    Posted 01-26-2008 15:18
    I agree with Rochelle's comments. You might also consider along the
    small --> large spectrum:
    Pike's Place Fish Market (12 people), FMC Aberdeen (Darden School case,
    100 people), SAS (as Rochelle mentioned has about 3500 people, Stanford
    case by Pfeffer), Southwest Airlines (very overused, but still a good
    example with 33,000 people). What strikes me in all of this is that
    there are examples in multiple industries and at various sizes, but they
    are all in the minority--in my view, because of the habitual assumptions
    evident in the C-suites about how one should run a business. Those
    mental habits are hard to change. The most dangerous, in my view, is
    this: professionals will do what they have to do regardless of how they
    feel. That single assumption is a formula for mediocrity (I say). And
    yet it dominates most executive thinking in my experience. The few
    organizations listed above believe that how people feel and whether or
    not they have choice affect their performance. For me, those are
    "fulcrum" changes in belief systems. Change that belief, and lots of
    innovative HR things cascade down. (see Level Three Leadership 3rd or
    4th ed)

    I'm assuming that you are familiar with the work of Lawler, Pfeffer,
    Tichy and Ulrich with regard to how HR practices play into and affect
    organizational performance.

    Best regards,

    Jim
    James G. S. Clawson
    Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business Administration
    Darden GSB, University of Virginia
    Box 6550, Charlottesville, VA 22906
    100 Darden Boulevard, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
    Tel: 434 924 7488 Fax: 434 243 7680
    Web: http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/clawsonj


    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv
    [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Rochelle Mucha
    Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:14 AM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Re: Innovate, leading edge Strategic HRM practices

    Judi
    Just curious...why to you refer to these types of 'practices' as SHRM
    practices? Strategic HR and SHRM are not synonymous. As a practitioner
    and
    academic for over 25 years, I continue to be surprised by traditional
    academic's understanding of 'talent' processes in business which are not
    driven by SHRM but by the C-suite. I have been engaged with many
    innovative
    and traditional approaches that address the talent issues you list, but,
    if
    you want to explore sustained innovative approaches to people then I
    suggest
    you study the practices of WL Gore, IDEO, SAS, Google and Cisco.

    Rochelle
    Rochelle T. Mucha Ph.D.
    o.770.649.8203
    f.770.649.9898
    m.770.367.1779
    rochelle@businessasperformanceart.com
    http://www.businessasperformanceart.com

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv
    [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Judi MacCormick
    Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:58 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Innovate, leading edge Strategic HRM practices

    Hi,

    I am seeking examples of innovative SHRM practices to give MBA students
    ideas of how companies (and individuals) can contribute to business
    strategy through their human resource practices. I would be most
    grateful
    for any ideas or examples in areas such as:
    establishing the leadership pipeline
    boosting engagement and productivity for existing staff
    Ensuring employment branding is optimised and targeted at the
    right
    candidates
    Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and carbon footprint into
    that
    employment brand
    Changing sources of candidates - global talent markets, mature
    workers back in demand & also how they are sourced (Facebook,
    Blogging, MySpace, etc)
    Allowing for more flexibility in the workplace, including
    part-time
    careers, flexible work hours
    Empowering line managers to take over the 'transactional' aspects
    of
    HR's role
    Creating meaningful measures of HR performance

    with many thanks in anticipation,

    kind regards

    Judi

    _________________________________

    Dr Judith S. MacCormick
    Australian School of Business
    University of NSW, SYDNEY, NSW 2052
    Tel: +61 2 9960 4060
    Fax: +61 2 9960 4020
    Mobile: 0419 285 255

    Email: judithm@agsm.edu.au
    Web: http://www.agsm.edu.au