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Press release:
DAVE
ULRICH LIVE & IN PERSON!
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8
August 2007 @ the Forum | the Campus, Bryanston, Johannesburg
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HR DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR “20 PER CENT” OF A BUSINESS’
PERFORMANCE, SAYS ULRICH
A company’s
human resources department is one of its most underused assets,
yet has the potential to become one of its prized according to
Dave Ulrich. The world’s foremost strategic HR professor said
simply: "Today’s service economy is founded around
people."
Ulrich, who is business professor at the
University
of
Michigan's Ross School of Business, was ranked the number one management
educator and guru by BusinessWeek magazine, and was listed as one
of the world's top five business coaches by Forbes magazine. He
has worked with more than half of the Fortune 200 companies.
Along with partner Wayne Brockbank, Ulrich is conducting the
ongoing Human Resource Competency Study, covering trends in HR
management. The project has assimilated data from more than 40,000
respondents over the past 20 years, and is the largest study of
its kind.
He said: "Our findings show that the skills HR professionals
have explain about 20 per cent of business performance.
Competitors can quickly copy services and products, but it is
harder to copy the quality of an organisation and its people.”
Ulrich will reveal the results of his groundbreaking research at a
full-day event in
Johannesburg
on August 8, 2007.
The study revealed that HR should play a "major part" in
implementing an organisation's culture.
"We see HR creating a company's culture from the outside
in," said Ulrich. "When a company talks about its
culture, they usually talk about it from the inside out, but the
strongest corporate cultures are linked to customer expectations.
For instance, if Intel wants to be known for innovation, it needs
to build innovation into its HR practices."
Today’s HR professionals are expected to deliver well beyond
hiring, firing, payroll and employee policy administration. Some
companies now appoint HR directors to their board of directors,
enabling them to "become an advocate for current and future
human capital."
HR directors can event become the “architect of a company’s
strategy” by answering whether a company has the human capital
to fuel a company’s growth.
However, the success of HR does not depend solely on the director
in charge of the department, but on the department as a whole,
Ulrich says. "Our study has found that a HR department is 20
to 25 per cent more important to business results than the
director alone."
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Dave
Ulrich will speak live on August 8, 2007 at The Forum, The Campus,
Bryanston, Johannesburg. The Knowledge Partner for the event is SAS Institute; see
www.globalleadersevents.com/ulrichsa for more details.
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Dave
Ulrich is on the Expert Panel of the Global Leaders Community, www.globalleaderscommunity.com
DAVE
ULRICH LIVE & IN PERSON!
Next
Generation Human Resources
8
August 2007 @ the Forum | the Campus, Bryanston,
Johannesburg
Event
Summary
The world’s foremost authority on Human Resources Management, Dave
Ulrich, will present Next
Generation Human Resources LIVE
& In Person to an estimated 500 strong audience, comprising senior
level delegates from business, government and the public sector, 8
Aug 2007.
Professor Ulrich will present his latest, distinctive content on the
Principles & Practices of Next
Generation Human Resources in a highly interactive full-day
session, highlighting real case studies and examples. In response
to the constant new challenges faced, all organisations require
new sources of competitive advantage. Dave’s session will
explore Next Generation Human Resources that will help your
organisation to compete and win.
Event
Relevance
Dr. Ulrich will further investigate how you can dramatically influence and
enhance board level issues, combining his expertise and thinking
at the global and local level. You will develop a better
understanding and knowledge on implementing prevalent issues such
as labour policy and the economy, creating equity, retaining
talent, rewarding your employees, HR’s role in the boardroom,
leadership and mitigating risk through good corporate governance.
If you are adapting and implementing initiates as a result of the
above challenges then this
event is a must attend for you!
“South African companies need
to consider their human capital in a much more strategic way
than they have done
traditionally…HR needs to be able to link its human capital
plans with the
business
strategies”
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Elizabeth Shorten, Publisher, Human Capital Management
“There
is a progressive paradigm shift towards effective corporate
cultures and performance-
orientated HR
systems. Our vision is to change the way leaders think and act
about value
creation”
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Professor Dave Ulrich
Event
Audience
You will network with Human Resources Directors and Managers, CEO’s,
GM’s, MD’s, Heads of Department, Strategic Consultants,
Executive Directors, and senior representatives within
universities, institutions and government bodies.
What delegates said
about Dave’s last public appearance in
South Africa
..
“Excellent
opportunity to be exposed to international best practices, new
thinking regarding HR
to ensure we are on
the right path to create value for our organisation.”
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HR Project Manager, Standard Bank
“It
helped me to re-evaluate our HR contribution to the success of our
customers, line managers
and organisation as a
whole.”
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Senior HR Manager, GFL Mining Services Ltd
FOR MORE INFORMATION...
To
register for the event click
here
To
download the event brochure click
here
To speak to our Customer Service team and/or find out about group discounts
call 011
575 6177
*Recently ranked NO.1 in HR
Magazine’s ‘HR Top 100: Most Influential thought-leaders’,
the most definitive
list ever published on HR's biggest movers and shakers
Short summary:
The quality of an organisation and its people contribute 20% of
its business performance, according to Dave Ulrich.
Key
words and related phrases:
Business performance, company culture, HR, human capital, Human
Resources department, performance management.
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