HR from the Outside In: Six Competencies for the Future of Human Resources

CHAPTER 8TECHNOLOGY PROPONENT

(This chapter was contributed by M. S. Krishnan; Joseph Handleman, Professor of Information Systems and Innovation at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan; and Wayne Brockbank, one of this book’s coauthors.)

Some time ago, the American Electronics Association held a two-day conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss the simmering relationship between the U.S. electronics industry and the U.S. government. Attendees were major players: CEOs on the industry side and senior officials representing the government, including several senators, representatives, and members of the administration. In the midst of one heated exchange, a U.S. senator went to the microphone and asked if Dave Packard was in ...