Retooling HR

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Accessable: Allows HR to speak the same "language" as other disciplines such as finance and marketing
Actionable: Provides HR leaders with an entirely new toolkit for measuring and making decisions
Tested: Contains examples of major companies that have successfully applied these tools to HR issues as well as detailing the companies that could most benefit from this approach

About the book

HR professionals have made major strides toward becoming strategic partners. But they need to do more - by generating value through savvy decisions about talent. HR leaders typically assume that, to make such decisions, they must develop sophisticated analytical tools from scratch. Even then, the resulting tools often fail to engage their peers.

In Retooling HR, John Boudreau shows how HR leaders can break this cycle - by adapting powerful analytical tools already used by other functions to the unique challenges of talent management.

Drawing on his research and examples from companies including Google, Disney, IBM, and Microsoft, Boudreau explains six proven business tools leaders already use. And he shows how HR can apply these tools to talent management. Examples include:

Using engineering tolerances to find pivot points that job descriptions miss
Using inventory and supply-chain analytics to ensure a ready supply of the right talent
Applying logistics tools to optimize succession planning and leadership development
Adapting consumer research tools to find untapped value in total rewards

1. Introduction

2. What Performance Matters Most: Performance Optimization Retools Work Analysis

3. How Portfolio Diversification Can Retool Talent Scenarios

4. How Consumer Research Can Retool Talent Supply Strategies

5. How Inventory Optimization Reveals Strategic Talent Shortages and Surpluses

6. Retooling The Talent Lifecycle With Workforce Logistics

7. Retooled HR ' From Risk-Minimizing Administrator to a Risk-Optimizing Partner

John W. Boudreau is professor of management and organization at USC's Marshall School of Business and the research director at USC's Center for Effective Organizations. He has published more than 50 books and academic articles, including Beyond HR and the best-selling textbook Human Resource Management in multiple languages worldwide. His research on the bridge between talent and competitive advantage is recognized worldwide and received the Academy of Management's New Concept and Human Resource Scholarly Contribution awards. He consults extensively with clients such as Citigroup, Corning, GE, JP Morgan Chase, Sun Microsystems and others. Prior to joining USC, he was Professor and Director of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies at Cornell University.