Link: http://www.theage.com.au/news/businessinnovations/so-whats-the-point-of-hr-again/2007/11/16/1195321760466.html

Leon Gettler - The Age

THE human resources sector needs an overhaul, with a study revealing that nearly half of HR managers say they do not believe they are effective. They also believe most people are unsure about what HR is supposed to achieve.

The Australian Human Resources Institute study found that 45.9% of HR managers either believed HR was not effective, or they were unsure about it. Nearly three-quarters of non-HR people had the same view.

Indeed, 80.4% of non-HR respondents had little understanding of what HR managers did to justify their existence. In only 54% of organisations did the HR manager report directly to the chief executive officer.

For their part, HR specialists seemed to be aware they had a problem....

Thank goodness, the realisation is sometimes the hardest thing to come to. Admittedly HR has always had a none to enviable reputation to try and counteract. It would appear that its not getting any better.
Is this true of your organisation?
If you're in HR, do you 'get' what's being revealed here?
What would you do about rectifying this?

If organisations are going to morph into the "Workplaces of the Future" (22/11/07), where does that leave HR and how will they handle this transistion?