Why We Hate HR

An interesting article about HR's reputation as people who do mudane tasks & stick to a " same to everyone" policy. HR consists of a huge talent pool of any company that can be utilized for more strategic requirements.

Companies have started to change their opinion about HR as " Non-revenue Generating - just a cost to company" to " Care Takers. Talent is the new competitive edge to any company and HR takes care of that talent. So HR should be more involved with Business Groups in decision making than just doing administrative work.

For now, the lack of strategic readiness in HR function does not facilitate optimum utilization of Human Resource - finding, nurturing, and developing talent. The article also mentions how HR can improvise on their " ways of working". One size fits all is a good example of such scenario - This Universal approach "is partly about compliance, but mostly because it's just easier." One Size doesn't fit all anymore. The changing economy, work force demographics and all other external - internal factors have changed that equation drastically.

I firmly believe HR is an integral part of the success of the company - when it is used with genuine hard strategic thinking. So it's time that HR is seen and taken out of the cocoon of it's current involvement and engaged in a more strategic way.