HR Cruises

Paula Harvey

"Strategic HR: Making the Business Case"

 

 

Learning Objectives:

1. HR professionals need to adopt a strategic approach as part of top management.
2. HRM activities must be part of a coordinated effort to improve the productive contribution of employees to meet business objectives.
3. Must be able to make the business case or businesses will fail.

 

Session Description:

What will be covered:
- What is business strategy? HR strategy?
- Examples of strategic HR choices
- How to make the business case
- Importance of strategic HR planning
- What CEOs want from HR

 

Speaker Bio:

Paula is the VP of Human Resources for Schulte Building Systems in Hockley, TX. She has 34 years' experience as a Human Resources generalist. She earned her BBA in International Marketing and Operations Management from the University of Texas at Austin. She also earned her MBA with a concentration in HRM from the University of NC at Charlotte.

She is a Senior Global Certified Professional of Human Resources through SHRM and HRCI. She is an internationally recognized speaker on global and strategic business issues and teaches at Rice University. She has published articles on HR topics and co-authored three books with other HR professionals.

She is an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) serving on the SHRM Foundation Board and A-team.

 

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