Purpose This paper aims to outline and explore the changes chief human resources officers (CHROs) can expect in the digital age, focusing on three distinct categories: inward (changes within the office), outward (changes at the employee/manager level) and across (changes to the organization at...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the importance of systemizing managerial support to reduce the strain on human resource (HR) and maximize corporate contributions. Design/methodology/approach The author draws upon 20 years of experience in the fields of law and HR as well as...

Purpose There is a strange paradox at play in workplaces today – and it has all to do with that most basic of needs: “pay”. Employees might well be working longer hours and taking out more second jobs, but the amount of money they have left in their pockets simply is not keeping pace with...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to make the case for strategic workforce planning and to outline the key steps involved. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins with a discussion of the cost of redundancies to the economy and argues that much of this could have been reduced...

Purpose – The authors aim to examine the use of talent intelligence – the understanding that businesses have of the skills, expertise and qualities of their people – within talent management strategies. Design/methodology/approach – The authors combine their field work and research...

Purpose – This paper aims to look at the benefits, risks and ethics behind introducing wearable sensors into the workplace. There are expected to be more than three billion wearable sensors worldwide by 2025 (Hayward and Chansin, 2015). The emergence of technology that has the capability to...

Purpose – This paper aims to explain how the human resource (HR) function can take a lead in all of these areas by being a critical part of human capital strategy and driving that strategy with the support and input from executives. Organizations want a sense of purpose beyond just being...

Purpose – This case study aims to examine the transformation of Thames Valley Police's HR Service. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes the journey taken by the Force and transformation of its use of performance measurement to manage continuous improvement in service delivery....