How do you evaluate the contribution and relevance of HR function in present Business scenario? Is it staying ahead or lagging behind?
NK Many leading scholars and experts have opined that the existence of the Human Resource function (HR) makes sense as long as it is contributing to the organisation competitiveness through a set of management practices that need to be aligned with the business strategy and other particular circumstances of the company. Today the competitiveness of companies largely depends on their adaptability, and hence on their people. In my view the pandemic provided an interesting paradox for HR to navigate, to discover new opportunities and focus on critical issues without falling prey to easy and available trends. Much was said about future of HR then but three years hence; not much has changed on the ground level. Perception of HR does not resonate with what we believe that we do. Why?
HR as a function still suffers from a propensity of retrospective thinking and knee-jerk reaction. There is a strong...
