Guide to Raising the Profile of HR
Mary Golden
Consultant/academic at Experia Solutions Limited
Mary is an experienced management consultant with the academic and research skills to deliver high quality outcomes. She is able to take a strategic overview of contemporary organisational development and HR issues and works with clients to deliver measurable improvement.
Mary has worked in a range of organisations, firstly as an HR manager in local government and later in higher education as a Principal Lecturer and Director of a Public Sector Management Centre. Mary has also worked at the Audit Commission as a Best Value Inspector and Affiliate. Most recently Mary has been working with local government, university and voluntary sector clients.
She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development and holds an MA in Human Resource Management. Mary’s work as an independent consultant includes working with a variety of organisations on improving performance and with individuals and teams to enhance their skills to deliver improved organisation performance.
Mary is a visiting lecturer at Birkbeck College and is currently writing up her doctoral thesis on the relationship of HR practices and organisational performance.
Public sector organizations usually have a clear mandate about what they are supposed to do and this is to some extent, determined by government and political imperatives. A major driver in all public sector organisations is the pursuit of improved performance by achieving more with less resource. The current economic climate is a timely opportunity for HR practitioners to add value and demonstrate how they can contribute to improved organisational performance. However, there is often a difference between how HR sees itself and how it is viewed by others in the organisation. Raising the profile of HR may help to mitigate these differences.
The aim of the management guide on raising the profile of HR is to provide relevant and practical guidance for senior HR practitioners in raising the profile of HR across the organisation so their contribution is recognised and valued. The guide is divided around the following areas:
- 1. What is it all about?
- 2. Why is it important?
- 3. How do we do it?
- 4. How do we know when it is done successfully?
- Chapters
- Chapter 1: Guide to Raising the Profile of HR - What is it all about?
- Chapter 2: Guide to Raising the Profile of HR -Why is it important?
- Chapter 3: Guide to Raising the Profile of HR - How do we do it?
- Chapter 4: Guide to Raising the Profile of HR - How do we know when we have been successful?
- Chapter 5: Guide to Raising the Profile of HR - Case Studies
- Chapter 6: Guide to Raising the Profile of HR - Bibliography