Using Business Model Change to Tie HR into Strategy : Reversing the Arrow

Sparrow, P R and Hesketh, A J and Hird, Martin and Marsh, Craig and Balain, Shashi (2010) Using Business Model Change to Tie HR into Strategy : Reversing the Arrow. In: Leading HR :. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 68-89. ISBN 9780230222595

Abstract

This chapter examines the issues involved for those Leading HR in linking HR to business model change. It 1. unravels the reality behind business model change based on a range of interviews with senior line and HR professionals; 2. outlines and explains the business context for a number of organizations; 3. uses these data to develop a taxonomy that are situated in practice. This taxonomy lays out four different ‘political’ spaces that HR has to operate in; and 4. identifies four separate transitions that those Leading HR have to cope with and keep strategically aligned.