“The Times they are-A-Changin”: Reconstructing the New Role of the Strategic Hr Manager

Cassar Vincent (), Tracz-Krupa Katarzyna (), Bezzina Frank () and Przytuła Sylwia ()
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Cassar Vincent: University of Malta, Valletta, Malta & Centre for Evidence-Based Management,Valletta, Malta
Tracz-Krupa Katarzyna: Wrocław University of Economics,Wrocław, Poland
Bezzina Frank: University of Malta,Valletta, Malta
Przytuła Sylwia: Wrocław University of Economics,Wrocław, Poland

Management Sciences. Nauki o Zarządzaniu, 2018, vol. 23, issue 3, 3-11

Abstract: Much has been said about elevating the HRMgt function to strategic levels. Adopting a more evidence-based approach through the use of data analytics is considered an important driver in this direction. This provides a more potent decision-making resource that enables less biased and harder evidence which ultimately is more convincing. But will Strategic HRMgt adopting data-driven strategies require people in the profession to adopt new skills? This exploratory project is work-in-progress and presents initial interview results. Interviewees report that the use of HRMgt data analytics can certainly improve the strategic value of HR and that while the use of data can drive HR decisions more convincingly, HRMgt itself cannot be reduced or substituted by data. The participants also reported that HR professionals would require learning new skills, amongst them IT, analysis and interpretation of data. The project aims to eventually draw a number of attributes or skill-sets to this effect.

Keywords: strategic HRMgt; data driven decision-making; new competency model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.15611/ms.2018.3.01

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