Over the past 28 years, as a human resource (HR) professional, I observed much writing and research on the need for the HR function to focus more on strategic outcomes and less on administration (Lawlerand Boudreau, 2012; OPM, 1999; PPS, 2010; Ulrich 1997). The shift in focus from administrative to strategic has been slow, demonstrated by the fact that from 1995 to 2010 the HR function appears to have has not changed how it allocates its time, has not increased focus on strategic outcomes, and is not engaging in higher value-added activities (Lawler and Boudreau, 2012). Absent from the literature is research on why the members of the HR function have been slow to embrace and demonstrate a strategic HR role (Beer, 1997; Lawler and Boudreau, 2012, OPM, 1999). This study was designed to address this knowledge gap by exploring the relationship between creativity and goal orientation and demonstration of strategic HR competencies based on self-assessed competencies. Understanding these constructs and their relationship to the demonstration of strategic HR competencies can inform the nature of interventions, to include selection, certification, training and development, to facilitate the movement of the HR function from an administrative to a strategic focus. Perceptions about creativity, goal orientation, and demonstration of strategic HR competencies were solicited from Department of Defense, Department of the Army civilian HR professionals. Correlational and multiple regression analyses were used to explore creativity and goal orientation and their relation to the demonstration of strategic HR competencies. Results showed that 17% of the variance in demonstrated strategic HR competencies was explained by creativity and a learning goal orientation, both characteristics of the individual HR professionals. After controlling for pay grade, these predictors still explained 13% of the variance in the self-assessed demonstration of strategic HR competencies. Suggestions for future research include replicating this study with a larger, diverse, randomized sample to validate and expand the findings of this study in terms of affects and generalizations. In addition, research exploring the work environment in organizations that have successfully made the transition from an administrative to a strategic focus. / Ph. D.

Denna studie grundar sig i ett uppdrag från Trafikverket med avsikten att undersöka hur enmångfaldsstrategi kan få ökad effekt i organisationen. Utgångspunkten för denna studie är attdet tycks krävas mer forskning kring hur HR strategiskt kan arbeta med mångfaldsfrågor ochintegrera dem i organisationens alla delar. Syftet med denna studie är således att identifiera hurHR strategiskt kan arbeta med mångfaldsfrågor. Vidare är syftet att visa hur ett strategiskamångfaldsarbete kan bli mer effektivt.Teorier som belyser begreppet mångfald, effekterna av mångfald, strategi, Human ResourceManagement och Strategic Human Resource management kan ses ligga till grund för ettframgångsrikt HRM-arbete med mångfald. Ledarskap, kommunikation, kunskap och att se tillorganisationskulturen belyser teorin som viktiga komponenter för att ett strategiskt arbete skabli mer effektivt och ge effekt i organisationen.Studien bygger på en deduktiv ansats och en kvalitativ metod har genomförts utifrån treindividuella intervjuer och två fokusgrupper. De individuella intervjuernas syfte var att belysaorganisationens nutida arbete med mångfald, framtida perspektiv för hur ett strategisktmångfaldsarbete kan utformas och en målbild för vad arbetet ska resultera i. Den enafokusgruppen bestod av medarbetare från HR från olika regionkontor i landet och hade somsyfte att klargöra hur HR strategiskt kan arbeta med mångfald. Den andra fokusgruppen bestodav chefer från olika regionkontor i landet och hade som syfte att belysa chefers roll och vad deeftersöker i ett strategiskt mångfaldsarbete.Resultatet från intervjuerna har analyserats utifrån den teoretiska referensramen och i dennastudie har vi kommit fram till och identifierat flera betydelsefulla faktorer som för HR är viktigai utformandet av en mångfaldsstrategi. Det är viktigt att definiera begreppet mångfald, klargöraansvarsfrågan, visa på varför organisationen bör arbeta med månglad och kommuniceraeffekterna. Vidare är det viktigt att koppla mångfaldsstrategin till övriga HRM-aktiviteter ochorganisationens övriga strategier och mål för att det strategiska arbetet ska ge effekt. Kunskapom mångfald och att se arbetet som ett förändringsarbete där ledningen utgör en viktig roll harvisat sig vara väsentliga faktorer för att arbetet ska få värde i organisationen. / This study is based on an assignment from the Swedish Transport Administration with the intention to examine how a diversity strategy can be more efficient in the organization. The starting point for this study is that it seems to require more research on how HR can strategically work with diversity issues and integrate them with the rest of the organization. The purpose of this study is to identify how Human Resources strategically can work with diversity. An additional purpose is to show how a strategic diversity work can be more effective.Theories that highlight the concept of diversity, the effects of diversity, strategy, Human Resource Management and Strategic Human Resource Management can be seen as a basis for a successful strategic HRM with diversity. Leadership, communication, knowledge and organizational culture highlight the theory as important components to strategic efforts to become more efficient and provide the power in the organization.The study is based on a deductive approach and a qualitative method has been used on the basis of three individual interviews and two focus groups. With the individual interview, the purpose was to highlight the organization's contemporary work with diversity, future perspectives on how strategic diversity efforts can be designed and a vision for results. One focus group consisted of employees from HR from various regional offices in the country and were intended to clarify how HR can work strategically with diversity. The other focus groups consisted of executives from various regional offices in the country and were intended to highlight the role of managers and what they are seeking in a strategic diversity effortThe result of the interviews were analyzed based on the theoretical framework. In this study we have come up with and identified several significant factors for HR that are important in the design of a diversity strategy. It is important to define the concept of diversity, to clarify the issue of responsibility, to show why the organization should work with diversity, and communicate the impact. Furthermore, it is important to link diversity strategy to other HRM-activities and the organization's other strategies and objectives for the strategic work to effect. Knowledge of diversity and to see the work as a process of change, where management is an important role, have proved to be essential factors for the work to get the value of the organization.

This study investigated the current practices of strategic human resources planning (SHRP) at large industrial and service companies in the United States and compared these practices with Walker's Four Stages of Human Resources planning model. The data for this study were collected from 130 industrial companies and 117 service companies listed in Fortune directories of the largest 500 industrial and largest 500 service companies in the United States. The study investigated also the impact of internal and external environmental factors on these companies' practices of SHRP. MANOVA, Factor Analysis, and Percentile Analysis were used as prime statistical methods in this study. Environmental factors studied were found to explain 78 per cent of the variances among large American companies. No significant difference was found between industrial and service companies in their SHRP practices. Significant improvements have taken place in large United States business corporations' practices of SHRP since the introduction of Walker's model (1974). These improvements took place in human resources information systems, forecasting human resource needs, human resource planning and development, and evaluation of SHRP projects, but the improvements were unbalanced. The improvements in corporate-centered SHRP activities were greater than the improvements in employee-centered SHRP activities. The reasons for unbalanced developments were explained and future directions were predicted. The findings of this study were compared to the findings of many recent studies in SHRP fields and future directions of the developments of SHRP were discussed. The conclusions of this study suggested that United States corporations are in need of balanced development in both employee-centered and corporate-centered SHRP. American companies are in need of advanced models to shape their practice in SHRP fields. Walker's model has been evaluated as the best available model. The study showed that mediumsized companies in the United States will benefit from SHRP and that they are able to pay the cost of SHRP projects. Several implications and recommendations for future studies and for business and educational institutions are listed.

O mercado atual reflete um ambiente global, complexo, altamente competitivo e volátil para as organizações, o que, no campo da gestão de pessoas, se traduz em desafios relacionados à escassez de profissonais bem qualificados e especializados. Pesquisas internacionais e nacionais do final da década de 1990 e dos anos 2000, dedicadas à área da gestão de pessoas, apontam frequentemente que, para se manter nessa realidade de aumento da concorrência global pelo emprego e a busca por Talentos, as organizações teriam que investir em atrair, desenvolver e reter os melhores profissionais. As empresas deixaram de ser as únicas protagonistas na oferta de emprego e passaram a investir na gestão destes Talentos. Diante desse contexto, essa dissertação buscou contribuir para a literatura de RH e de Gestão de Talentos, analisando a diversidade conceitual sobre talento, sua gestão e as abordagens teóricas sobre o tema. No objetivo central deste estudo foi proposto analisar a relação entre a produção acadêmica e a utilização no meio corporativo das práticas de gestão e conceitos de Talento em Administração. Para isso, realizou-se um estudo em caráter exploratório e descritivo. Na análise dos dados empíricos foram empregadas técnicas de estatística descritiva e análise de conteúdo com suporte do software NVivo. Procedeu-se a uma revisão de literatura sobre Talentos em diversos campos do conhecimento e em Administração, bem como a uma contextualização da produção acadêmica sobre Gestão Estratégica de Recursos Humanos. Contatou-se que o termo Talento é fluido e particular ao meio em que está inserido e que a Gestão de Talentos consiste em uma configuração de práticas para gerir os talentos na organização. Na fase empírica, foram analisadas, por meio de uma survey, 471 empresas atuantes no Brasil. Estas foram categorizadas quanto à prática formal de Gestão de Talentos e às abordagens inclusiva (todos são talentos) e exclusiva (nem todos são talentos). As empresas que declararam ter um programa formal de Gestão de Talentos representaram 75% do total da amostra e é maioria no que se refere à formalização das diretrizes estratégicas organizacionais e de recursos humanos. A população empregada nessas empresas tem maior escolaridade, são mais jovens e tem menos tempo de casa do que a das empresas sem o programa formal da Gestão de Talentos. A prática de abordagem exclusiva ou diferenciadora deste programa se mostrou emergente e estratégica no cenário nacional. Foram analisadas as definições de talento declaradas pelas empresas em relação à literatura deste tema, verificou-se que para cada empresa há uma definição de talento, mas que nestas há termos que se repetem nestas definições. Assim, foi gerada uma listagem com as palavras mais frequentes por categoria de empresa. A análise agregada dessa lista em relação à literatura de talentos e a de GT, possibilitou consolidar os termos principais em duas categorias de atributos de Talento, sendo eles: os identificadores e os qualificadores. Diante dos resultados obtidos, percebeu-se que as organizações têm intenção em praticar a Gestão de Talentos, sendo o seu desenvolvimento um desafio para o meio corporativo e para a academia. Ficou evidente o crescimento das publicações relacionadas a esse assunto no campo da Administração e a sua prática emergente e formal por organizações atuantes no país. Este estudo se limitou ao estilo descritivo o que não permitiu análises em profundidade e se restringiu à utilização de dados secundários. Sugerem-se para estudos futuros, técnicas de estudo de caso longitudinais e pesquisas que busquem apontar como as empresas podem operacionalizar a GT de modo estratégico e a possibilidade de identificar precocemente os Talentos em gestão. / The current market reflects a global environment that is complex, highly competitive and volatile to organizations. These organizations thrive trough modern challenges that are related to the lack of well qualified and specialized professionals. These organizations left the role of job offering and start to invest on attraction, development and retention of talents. International and national research, from the late years of the decade of 1990 and years 2000, dedicated to people management sector frequently point that to remain on this reality of increase on global competition for jobs and search for talent, the organizations would have to invest to attract, develop and retain the best professionals. On that context, this dissertation aim to contribute to the literature of Human Resources and Talent Management, regarding conceptual diversity on talent, its management and theoretical approaches. The main goal of this study was the analysis of the relation between academic production and its use on organizations, its management practices and concepts of talent on Administration. This study can be classified as exploratory and descriptive. For empiric data analysis, statistical descriptive analysis was employed as well as content analysis; both supported with the use of the software NVivo. Part of the study comprehend a literature review on Talent trough diverse fields of knowledge and Administration, with that, it was possible to put on context the academic production on Strategic Human Resources Management. It was possible to conclude that the term Talent is fluid and particular to the medium were it is presented and that Talent Management consist of a configuration of practices to manage the talents on the organization. At the empiric fase, 471 companies that have operations on Brazil were analyzed trough a survey. These were categorized due to its practices on formal Talent Management and its inclusive (everybody is a talent) and exclusive (not everybody is a talent) approaches. The companies that declared to have a formal program of Talent Management represent 75% of sample total and are the majority in what concern the formalization of strategic guidelines to human and organizational resources. People employed on these companies have higher education, are younger and have been on the company longer than those on companies without a formal program to Talent Management. The practice of exclusive or differentiation of this program show itself as emergent and strategic on the national scenario. Considering the literature on this theme, the analysis of the definitions of Talent declared by the companies revealed that there is a talent definition to each company, but there are terms that are common on these different definitions. From that, was generated a list with the most frequent words by company category. The joint analysis of this list with the literature on Talent and Talent Management has made possible to consolidate two Talent attribute categories: Identifiers and Qualifiers. With this results, it was possible to notice the organizational intention in practice Talent Management, been its development a challenge to both academic and corporative fields. The growth of publications related to the subject on the field of Administration and the emerging of formal practice by organizations with operations on Brazil has become clear. This study is limited to descriptive analysis and the use of secondary data; therefore it was not possible to proceed with in depth analysis. It is suggested to future studies the use of techniques such as longitudinal case study and the pursue of themes such as the identification of how companies can operate the Talent Management in a strategic way and the possibility to early identification of Talent in Management.

Nowadays most companies are now being faced with the reality that Corporate Social Responsibility is more than merely a fad. Drawing upon CSR, HR and stakeholder related theories this research aims to substantiate empirically by exploring HR¡¦s contribution to responsible leadership within corporations with the endeavor to explore to what extent Taiwanese companies have integrated CSR practices in their Human Resource Management policies and practices. Relying on the quantitative analysis of 82 questionnaires and qualitative analysis of interviews with CSR and HR executives from 3 corporations in Taiwan, an analysis of whether HR supporting functions towards employee training and development (CSR and General), employee wellbeing, employee engagement and CSR communication to employees contributed to the success of CSR programs. Findings of this research uncovered that companies pay due attention to employee training and development, employee wellbeing as well as employee engagement. The study also helped explain the existence of implicit CSR practices in Taiwanese firms suggesting that an inside-out approach to CSR communication exists in Taiwanese firms; most firms do not engage in philanthropic activities but are more akin to ensuring that they maintain a high level of employee work-life balance. The thesis concludes that the HR has the potential to dig deeper into the company levels and structures and identifying underlying definitional issues that may prevent or facilitate the success of CSR programs.

O mercado atual reflete um ambiente global, complexo, altamente competitivo e volátil para as organizações, o que, no campo da gestão de pessoas, se traduz em desafios relacionados à escassez de profissonais bem qualificados e especializados. Pesquisas internacionais e nacionais do final da década de 1990 e dos anos 2000, dedicadas à área da gestão de pessoas, apontam frequentemente que, para se manter nessa realidade de aumento da concorrência global pelo emprego e a busca por Talentos, as organizações teriam que investir em atrair, desenvolver e reter os melhores profissionais. As empresas deixaram de ser as únicas protagonistas na oferta de emprego e passaram a investir na gestão destes Talentos. Diante desse contexto, essa dissertação buscou contribuir para a literatura de RH e de Gestão de Talentos, analisando a diversidade conceitual sobre talento, sua gestão e as abordagens teóricas sobre o tema. No objetivo central deste estudo foi proposto analisar a relação entre a produção acadêmica e a utilização no meio corporativo das práticas de gestão e conceitos de Talento em Administração. Para isso, realizou-se um estudo em caráter exploratório e descritivo. Na análise dos dados empíricos foram empregadas técnicas de estatística descritiva e análise de conteúdo com suporte do software NVivo. Procedeu-se a uma revisão de literatura sobre Talentos em diversos campos do conhecimento e em Administração, bem como a uma contextualização da produção acadêmica sobre Gestão Estratégica de Recursos Humanos. Contatou-se que o termo Talento é fluido e particular ao meio em que está inserido e que a Gestão de Talentos consiste em uma configuração de práticas para gerir os talentos na organização. Na fase empírica, foram analisadas, por meio de uma survey, 471 empresas atuantes no Brasil. Estas foram categorizadas quanto à prática formal de Gestão de Talentos e às abordagens inclusiva (todos são talentos) e exclusiva (nem todos são talentos). As empresas que declararam ter um programa formal de Gestão de Talentos representaram 75% do total da amostra e é maioria no que se refere à formalização das diretrizes estratégicas organizacionais e de recursos humanos. A população empregada nessas empresas tem maior escolaridade, são mais jovens e tem menos tempo de casa do que a das empresas sem o programa formal da Gestão de Talentos. A prática de abordagem exclusiva ou diferenciadora deste programa se mostrou emergente e estratégica no cenário nacional. Foram analisadas as definições de talento declaradas pelas empresas em relação à literatura deste tema, verificou-se que para cada empresa há uma definição de talento, mas que nestas há termos que se repetem nestas definições. Assim, foi gerada uma listagem com as palavras mais frequentes por categoria de empresa. A análise agregada dessa lista em relação à literatura de talentos e a de GT, possibilitou consolidar os termos principais em duas categorias de atributos de Talento, sendo eles: os identificadores e os qualificadores. Diante dos resultados obtidos, percebeu-se que as organizações têm intenção em praticar a Gestão de Talentos, sendo o seu desenvolvimento um desafio para o meio corporativo e para a academia. Ficou evidente o crescimento das publicações relacionadas a esse assunto no campo da Administração e a sua prática emergente e formal por organizações atuantes no país. Este estudo se limitou ao estilo descritivo o que não permitiu análises em profundidade e se restringiu à utilização de dados secundários. Sugerem-se para estudos futuros, técnicas de estudo de caso longitudinais e pesquisas que busquem apontar como as empresas podem operacionalizar a GT de modo estratégico e a possibilidade de identificar precocemente os Talentos em gestão. / The current market reflects a global environment that is complex, highly competitive and volatile to organizations. These organizations thrive trough modern challenges that are related to the lack of well qualified and specialized professionals. These organizations left the role of job offering and start to invest on attraction, development and retention of talents. International and national research, from the late years of the decade of 1990 and years 2000, dedicated to people management sector frequently point that to remain on this reality of increase on global competition for jobs and search for talent, the organizations would have to invest to attract, develop and retain the best professionals. On that context, this dissertation aim to contribute to the literature of Human Resources and Talent Management, regarding conceptual diversity on talent, its management and theoretical approaches. The main goal of this study was the analysis of the relation between academic production and its use on organizations, its management practices and concepts of talent on Administration. This study can be classified as exploratory and descriptive. For empiric data analysis, statistical descriptive analysis was employed as well as content analysis; both supported with the use of the software NVivo. Part of the study comprehend a literature review on Talent trough diverse fields of knowledge and Administration, with that, it was possible to put on context the academic production on Strategic Human Resources Management. It was possible to conclude that the term Talent is fluid and particular to the medium were it is presented and that Talent Management consist of a configuration of practices to manage the talents on the organization. At the empiric fase, 471 companies that have operations on Brazil were analyzed trough a survey. These were categorized due to its practices on formal Talent Management and its inclusive (everybody is a talent) and exclusive (not everybody is a talent) approaches. The companies that declared to have a formal program of Talent Management represent 75% of sample total and are the majority in what concern the formalization of strategic guidelines to human and organizational resources. People employed on these companies have higher education, are younger and have been on the company longer than those on companies without a formal program to Talent Management. The practice of exclusive or differentiation of this program show itself as emergent and strategic on the national scenario. Considering the literature on this theme, the analysis of the definitions of Talent declared by the companies revealed that there is a talent definition to each company, but there are terms that are common on these different definitions. From that, was generated a list with the most frequent words by company category. The joint analysis of this list with the literature on Talent and Talent Management has made possible to consolidate two Talent attribute categories: Identifiers and Qualifiers. With this results, it was possible to notice the organizational intention in practice Talent Management, been its development a challenge to both academic and corporative fields. The growth of publications related to the subject on the field of Administration and the emerging of formal practice by organizations with operations on Brazil has become clear. This study is limited to descriptive analysis and the use of secondary data; therefore it was not possible to proceed with in depth analysis. It is suggested to future studies the use of techniques such as longitudinal case study and the pursue of themes such as the identification of how companies can operate the Talent Management in a strategic way and the possibility to early identification of Talent in Management.

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Abstract Operation and Management of Learning Organization¡XA case study of the Central Personnel Administration, the Executive Yuan. The twenty-first century is the era that economy takes command. Under this situation, knowledge management is the major measure to obtain, share and transfer knowledge. On the other hand, learning society concept, promoted in advanced countries, makes many organizations work towards becoming ¡§learning organizations.¡¨ Knowledge management and learning organizations are gradually influencing the department functions and personnel roles within organizations. In human resources management, education, training and development functions, etc will still be emphasized. However, being impacted by these two tendencies, human resources management will have to merge the organization learning and knowledge management into the organization mechanism, it with result in innovative learning ideas in order to mold the learning culture of organizations and improve employee¡¦s capability and organizational effectiveness. This case study will explore the procedures and achievements from the learning organization promoted by Central Personnel Administration, the Executive Yuan with the basis of strategic human resources management of learning organizations. The research will find out current issues of human resources system of central government and what can be done to correct the issues. From the issues discovered, suggestions will be offered to central government institutes to serve the reference planning and promoting the learning organizations. Key words¡GKnowledge management, Organization learning, Learning organizations, Strategic human resources management, Case study, Central Personnel Administration of the Executive Yuan.

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Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal.