Victory Through Organization: Why the War for Talent is Failing Your Company and What You Can Do about It

CHAPTER 5

HIGH-PRIORITY HR PRACTICES—EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND HR ANALYTICS 5

In the preceding chapter, we examined HR’s influence on the entire organization through information management and through what we refer to as integrated HR practices. This chapter covers two additional HR department activities. We will first focus on the HR department practices that have direct influence on the performance of individual employees—which not surprisingly include performance measurement, rewards and compensation, and employee development. We will then discuss key issues relative to HR department analytics. Since much has been written on these topics, we provide overviews of the major issues or emerging themes. This chapter will conclude with a checklist ...