Many aspects of strategic partnering arrangements are people-centric, dependent on relationships and management behaviour, as well as knowledge-sharing and learning capabilities. Therefore there is significant opportunity for HR to contribute to their effectiveness. However, the function needs to think about how best they can do this, including the appropriate HR architecture and new capabilities required.
The CIPD is collaborating with Professor Paul Sparrow at the Centre for Performance-led HR at Lancaster University on a programme of work, Beyond the Organisation, to examine what this shift means for the HR function. We aim to provide practical guidance for HR professionals and managers on how to deliver excellent people management beyond their own organisation, to support the success of business partnering arrangements.
Why is research in this area so important?
Further work in this area is important given the high failure rate of partnership arrangements to achieve their objectives. For example, a 2007 Harvard Business Review article (Hughes and Weiss 2007) reports that ‘studies show that the number of corporate alliances increases by some 25% a year, and that those alliances account for nearly a third of many companies’ revenue and value – yet the failure rate for alliances hovers between 60% and 70%’.
Despite high failure rates, partnering arrangements are on the rise, particularly as public sector organisations are entering into more partnerships with both the private and voluntary sectors (PwC 2013). Overall, a 2009 PwC survey found that over 75% of CEOs rated partnerships as ‘important’ or ‘critical’ to their business. ‘Unsuccessful partnerships waste time and damage relationships, which can lose money, reputation and people’ (p4).
The programme of work so far
The first phase of our Beyond the Organisation programme of work involved a comprehensive review of recent HR and management literature to examine what we already know about both the business and people-centric challenges and opportunities associated with partnering arrangements. More detail about how we conducted the literature review is included in the Appendix.
We have published the findings from this literature review in two parts. The first report was published in August 2013 and this current report is the second output from this review.
‘For many of our people, being able to work in joint ventures will become just a normal part of their delivery of the HR agenda. We have built a cadre of HR business partners who are used to, and experience, the challenges of working outside of the Shell box.’ Paul Kane, VP HR Functional Excellence, Shell
Many aspects of strategic partnering arrangements are people-centric, dependent on relationships and management behaviour, as well as knowledge-sharing and learning capabilities. Therefore there is significant opportunity for HR to contribute to their effectiveness. However, the function needs to think about how best they can do this, including the appropriate HR architecture and new capabilities required.The CIPD is collaborating with Professor Paul Sparrow at the Centre for Performance-led HR at Lancaster University on a programme of work, Beyond the Organisation, to examine what this shift means for the HR function. We aim to provide practical guidance for HR professionals and managers on how to deliver excellent people management beyond their own organisation, to support the success of business partnering arrangements. Why is research in this area so important?Further work in this area is important given the high failure rate of partnership arrangements to achieve their objectives. For example, a 2007 Harvard Business Review article (Hughes and Weiss 2007) reports that ‘studies show that the number of corporate alliances increases by some 25% a year, and that those alliances account for nearly a third of many companies’ revenue and value – yet the failure rate for alliances hovers between 60% and 70%’.Despite high failure rates, partnering arrangements are on the rise, particularly as public sector organisations are entering into more partnerships with both the private and voluntary sectors (PwC 2013). Overall, a 2009 PwC survey found that over 75% of CEOs rated partnerships as ‘important’ or ‘critical’ to their business. ‘Unsuccessful partnerships waste time and damage relationships, which can lose money, reputation and people’ (p4).The programme of work so farThe first phase of our Beyond the Organisation programme of work involved a comprehensive review of recent HR and management literature to examine what we already know about both the business and people-centric challenges and opportunities associated with partnering arrangements. More detail about how we conducted the literature review is included in the Appendix.We have published the findings from this literature review in two parts. The first report was published in August 2013 and this current report is the second output from this review.‘For many of our people, being able to work in joint ventures will become just a normal part of their delivery of the HR agenda. We have built a cadre of HR business partners who are used to, and experience, the challenges of working outside of the Shell box.’ Paul Kane, VP HR Functional Excellence, Shell
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