Achieving Strategic Excellence: An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations - Softcover

"Achieving Strategic Excellence offers a unique and practical perspective based on solid research on how HR impacts business success. The inclusion of data from senior line managers adds a dose of reality to how the HR function has actually changed. This important work is a must-read for HR professionals as well as business leaders seeking to maximize human capital." -- Daryl D. David, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Washington Mutual * Inc. * "This latest update of CEO's longitudinal HR study provides almost a decade of perspective on the challenges and changes in the HR function. HR leaders in all industries and stages of career experience will find Lawler, Mohrman, and Boudreau's conclusions insightful and provocative with some interesting twists. The strategic HR journey continues . . ." -- Mary Eckenrod, Chair Elect, The Human Resource Planning Society; Vice President, Global Talent Management

This is the Center for Effective Organizations's (CEO's) fourth national study of the human resources (HR) function in large corporations, and the only long-term national study of this important function. While measuring whether the HR function is changing, gauging its effectiveness, and focusing particularly on whether it is changing to become an effective strategic partner, this study also analyzes how organizations can more effectively manage their human capital.