Press / 2007 / 27th September
InfoBasis calls for capability-based HR
InfoBasis, the skills management expert, today launched a call for UK employers to underpin their HR strategy with an understanding of organisational capability.
The call comes in the wake of a year-long study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) which shows that just over half (51%) of the organisations studied undertook talent management activities. This is despite the findings of talent management consulting Jackson Samuel. Their study From Compliance to Commitment showed that the shares of companies which included talent management in their corporate culture outperformed those that did not by over two-thirds.
“Organisations need a clear view of their capability,” said InfoBasis CEO Ashley Wheaton. “In today’s knowledge economy, that is largely based on people’s ability and alignment to the business. If it is not the job of HR to know people’s abilities, and how well they fit their jobs, whose job is it?”
“Now is the time for HR to really increase its value,” added Wheaton. “It has been seen too long as an administrative backwater. The current level of demand for talent management is HR’s opportunity to move beyond that.”
Wheaton calls for HR leaders to move to ‘capability-based HR’. “By gathering and analysing information on people’s ability, HR can improve its worth – from a tactical view of what is possible day-to-day, to a strategic overview of an organisation’s capability now and in the future.”
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