Written by a leading team of authors, Do We Need HR? explores the position of
HR, asking pivotal questions such as: does making HR a separate business
function still make sense? Should HR return to a narrower personnel role? Should
key areas like talent management be relocated to leadership and management units
outside of HR?
The authors present a picture of what new lean HR structures might look like,
arguing that in the tough current environment, HR could be facing diffusion or
even disintegration as a result of new types of organizational design, business
knowledge, and cross functional networks. Drawing upon exclusive research and
interviews with HR directors,