The Human Resources Consulting Discipline deals with the practice of delivering all aspects of human resource management as an external provider, and with the professional and business issues associated with operating such a practice, including client development, contracts, client management, etc. It also includes matters that focus on consulting careers, communications, legal and regulatory issues, technology, metrics, and outsourcing, as well as effective consulting practices and global consulting issues.
It does not include matters that focus on human resource consulting from the client’s perspective, which are encompassed within the Business Leadership Discipline under the Outsourcing topic, and within the Outsourcing topic in each of the other HR Disciplines as specifically relevant.
