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What Is The Role Of The HR Professional?

Human resources (HR) professionals and practitioners are being called on to broaden their strategies and plans. In addition, HR is being called upon to address the entire length, breadth, and height of “people”:

  • People as “employees”

  • People as “contractors”

  • People as part of the human cloud

  • People as human beings

  • People as talent.


This requires that a number of things be put in place:

  • The business strategy needs to be fully understood,

  • The design of the HR strategy needs to be carefully aligned with the business strategy,

  • The various workforce models available have to be evaluated,

  • The competency requirements over the next five years need to be mapped,

  • Policies and procedures need to be re-engineered,

  • Employment contracts must be significantly revisited, and

  • The entire employment life cycle has to come under the spotlight.


Of course, don’t forget that to add to this complexity, the ever-changing labour laws and related statutes come into play – pending LRA and EEA amendments, COIDA amendments, UIF amendments, POPI, AARTO, and case law.


Why You Need to Register for the Strategic HR Management Course

In the Strategic Human Resources Management Course, we draw on global research and thought leaders to bring you a thought-provoking session that also looks at models and frameworks for HR strategy development.

A course outline for GBS' Strategic HR Management Course.

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