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HR Business Partners - Rob Jones

Posted by Doug Shaw on Thu, 21/07/2011 - 13:39
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I enjoy reading a blog by Rob Jones. He's written a very interesting and provocative piece on HR business partners and with his permission I'm going to share it here. Rob's an enthusiastic guy, here's his intro paragraph and a link to the whole story. Recommended reading.

"Back in the days when I did my CIPD qualification (a long time ago – the best grade in GCSE was still an A and newspaper retained Investigators were still going through bins) the phrase everyone was espousing was “HR as a business partner”. You may have heard it….

In studying models of HR practice the few that stuck in my mind (in fact I think I learned them by rote for a potential essay question) were by Tyson & Fell and Storey."

http://mastersorbust.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-one-with-a-rant-about-business-partners/

 

 

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What Goes Around...

A blog by Doug Shaw

I am an experimenter and facilitator. I run the consultancy firm What Goes Around, which uses conversational and collaborative techniques to help companies make work more useful and enjoyable so that in turn, they can sell better and deliver better service. I write the HR blog Stop Doing Dumb Things to Customers, and I also write here for HRZone and other publications.

Prior to setting up What Goes Around, I spent 12 years at BT, excelling in sales before setting up the CSR and sustainability team for the Wholesale division and helping BT top the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. I then moved to BT Global Services to lead on change management and employee engagement. You can contact me on Twitter @dougshaw1 and on 07736 518066 and via my website. 

 

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