But initiatives regarding increased employee responsibilities, attention to management
development and creating a learning culture are should also be given more attention than
current percentage of its desired focus.
Despite this attempt to insulate new change strategies The involvement of HR in these
change initiatives is highest in the areas which are directly associated with learning and
development, such as management development, communication and information
sharing, improvement of learning culture and changes in HR strategies.
This means that HR’s role as a strategic partner is not considered to be very well
established. It appears that most HR Professionals narrow their own role and don’t
position themselves as strategic partners in realizing business objectives, such as creating
a client oriented culture.
Instead of trainers, HR Professionals have now become consultants, who also have to
manage the link between their activities and the company strategy. This requires a totally
different set of skills, since it is more a role ‘behind the scenes’ instead of ‘on stage’. It
would be worthwhile to consider supporting professionalism of HR Professionals on a
more broad scale.