Human resources professionals 'must form long-term plans'

Human resources professionals need to use long-term thinking when developing staffing solutions during the recession.

That was one of the conclusions of a study conducted by the Henley Human Resources Centre of Excellence to discover what businesses consider the most important issues for their human resources function to focus on in the current economic conditions. Researchers based at the Henley Business School found company directors expect to be able to rely on their human resources staff to find the right balance between cutting costs and recruiting and retaining talented workers.

They also discovered that companies want human resources departments to improve their own efficiency, to develop support structures to help workers deal with the pressures of the economic downturn, and to give more consideration to the business's reputation when making decisions. The findings come just weeks after the European Leadership Programme published the results of a survey which showed that 42 per cent of employees believe their company's chief executive needs additional human resources support.

Updated: 28 September 2009.
Categories: human-resources, market-and-industry-news.