Highlights the reasons for the move to HR partnering and the advantages it can bring.
Suggests three essentials of successful HR partnering – understanding, resources and credibility. Explores each in some depth, and illustrates them with cases based on the experience of European companies.
Advances the view that there is no one best way to implement partnering; the HR model and its pace of introduction should be tailored to the organization.
Offers practical advice and suggestions on judging readiness for partnering, and for putting the key requirements in place.
Helps readers to gauge their organizations’ readiness for partnering, and to avoid some of the pitfalls. Also proves valuable to organizations that have begun their partnering journey.
