HR’s Evolving Role in Organizations and Its Impact on Business Strategy
Linking Critical HR Functions to Organizational Success
Project team Project leader: Project contributors: Amanda Benedict, M.A., survey research specialist Nancy R. Lockwood, M.A., SPHR, GPHR, manager, HR Content Program Evren Esen, manager, Survey Program Steve Williams, Ph.D., SPHR, director, Research
External reviewers and contributors: SHRM Organizational Development Special Expertise Panel: Libby Anderson, M.S., SPHR, Fernán R. Cepero, PHR, Tom Darrow, Nancy Gerhardt Davies, Ernest Gundling, Charity Hughes, MSOD, SPHR, John Lewison, SPHR, Colleen Mills, Ph.D., Ken Moore, Maggie Romance, SPHR, Trellis Usher-Mays, Bill Young, SPHR HR Consulting/Outsourcing Special Expertise Panel: Franchette Z. Richards, GPHR, GMS, CRP Copy Editing: Design: Production: Katya Scanlan, copy editor Shirley Raybuck, graphic designer Bonnie Claggett, production traffic coordinator
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