HR for profit: selling expertise

Article Abstract:

Several successful HR departments are expanding their customer base by acting as consultants to other firms. This additional work not only earns them more money but also gives them the opportunity to learn from their customers and to be recognized in their respective fields. Most of these HR departments realized the profit potential of providing consultancy work for other companies after being bombarded with calls and letters requesting permission to benchmark their practices. Companies with HR departments that are providing service to outside customers include the Walt Disney Co., Xerox Corp., Deere and Co., IBM Corp., AMR Corp. and Pacific Bell. HR departments that want to sell their own expertise should always be flexible in dealing with outside customers to adequately meet their needs. In addition, they should be open and direct without revealing company secrets. They should also be skilled in marketing to attract the customer base they want.

Human resource departments

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Who's following The Organization Man?

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'The Organization Man' is a book published by William H. Whyte, Jr in 1956 that described the life of the typical company man in the 1950s. Almost four decades later, Bruce Tucker and Paul Leinberger have published their own book which explores the values and outlook of the sons and daughters of the organization men of the 1950s. In 'The New Individualists: The Generation After The Organizatiaon Man,' the authors report that the younger generation is motivated differently from their fathers. According to Tucker, one of the main differences between organization men and the new individualists of the 1990s pertains to their highest values. Whereas 1950s employees valued loyalty above all, members of the succeeding generation value the self the most. Self-development, self-expression and self-actualization are now primary goals.

Behavior, Interview, Workers, Tucker, Bruce

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Corporate anthropologists

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Organizations are using anthropologists to gain insight into corporate culture. Business anthropologists analyze human behavior in a corporate setting by examining the links between organizational culture and national culture. They identify the inter- and intra-organizational cultural variables in the corporate environment and the effect of these variables on an organization's structure, operations, behavior, strategy and communications.

Business consulting, not elsewhere classified, Management, Usage, Corporate culture, Anthropology, Corporate DaVinci Ltd.

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