| Title | Strategic HR Management: HR's Role in Building a Culture of Innovation |
| ShortDescription | The article outlines how human resources departments can create and support a culture of innovation through recruitment, talent management, knowledge management, and communications activities. |
| LongDescription | Noting that innovation is one of the highest priorities of CEOs in the private sector, this article recommends that human resource (HR) professionals can be part of the strategic leadership team if they effectively focus their efforts to support senior management's priorities. HR can create and support a culture of innovation through recruitment, talent management, knowledge management, and communications activities. Involvement in knowledge management and identification of innovative skills can facilitate recruitment by integrating the competencies into screening and assessment criteria. A key factor for performing strategically is aligning HR practices such as rewards, recognition, and recruitment to achieve long term results. The article also notes that HR professionals in highly successful companies are more likely to recruit high level employees for team projects, employ recognition and rewards to support innovation, and sponsor cross-functional meetings to showcase and recognize innovative performance. |
| SourceAuthor | Steven Gates |
| Reference | The Conference Board, Executive Action Series, No. 159, September 2005 |
| Organization | The Conference Board |
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