The Overall Structure of HR

Before focusing on strategic staffing/workforce planning, I’d like to provide an overall model of what I think the organization of the HR function should be. While this proposal is completely consistent with my recommendations regarding workforce planning in particular, the overall structure could also be implemented in an organization that has no dedicated workforce planning capability at all. Figure 16-1 provides a schematic of what this structure looks like.

Figure 16-1. A Suggested Organization Structure for Human Resources.

This HR structure has three major components that work together to meet the needs of ...

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