HR as a Business Partner

HR as a Business Partner

1. General Business Principles

   • Business form
   • Monitor the legislative environment and advise based on changes
   • Business plan development

2. Bottom line orientation

   • Budgets, finance, profit and loss, revenue generation, enterprise risk management
     • Monitor the legal environment and advise executives
     • Write policies that support business outcomes & manage risk
   • Provide data for HCMP

3. Change Managers

   • OD interventions from the strategic plan
   • Apply change theories and models
   • Model, communicate and coach others to the core values

4. Strategic partners

   • Help build MVV
   • Identify internal forces for change and intervention efforts
   • Identify external forces and data for change and intervention efforts
   • Develop corporate social responsibility efforts and help form community partnerships

5. SPHR Only: all activities must align with organizational strategy.

   • Cost Benefit analysis of proposed projects
   • Business planning
   • Develop HR budget
   • Manage vendor selection and outsourcing efforts
   • Oversee transitions
   • Understand mergers & acquisitions, including due diligence
   • Help determine efficacy of integrated tools, technology or new systems.
   • Develop policies for corporate governance
   • Establish business metrics
   • Participate in strategic planning