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720 companies around the globe along with the Toronto-based G Adventures that employs over 1300 and Air Canada are seeing a shift in their value of a human resources department. These companies claim that HR doesn’t help reach corporate goals, so instead, these they’ve proposed to outsource the department duties or allow individual portfolios to manage their own affairs. For example, having realized that HR duties can be technologically organized, Air Canada has tasked IBM with keeping records and data.

This new divided approach has proven to be effective for these companies mostly because each department runs independently. Although they operate competently, there is support for the fact that a central human resources department is essential to uniting a company and providing an organizational culture. It provides the company with the ability to align its values and objectives by first providing it with a common culture. Separating the role that is traditionally known to develop team atmosphere and having it managed by a computer software or “rotating leadership responsibilities” treats HR too technically. Organizational behavior deals with more than payroll and meticulous record-keeping, it works intimately with people and integrates values into its workers. Ultimately, the workers run the company, they deserve more attention than a computer program.

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Sources:

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-strategy/should-you-fire-your-hr-department/

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240207846/HP-and-Diageo-take-different-paths-to-cloud-based-HR