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About the Consulting Discipline

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.

TeamTeam Effort Helps Make Worldwide Performance Evaluations Consistent
Here is how a rapidly exapanding home improvement retailer, OBI, developed one standardized performance evaluation system to be used for all its employees in 13 countries

Outlook for 2010 buoyant among privately-held Indian businesses
Indian business owners, however, lose top spot to Chile for the first time in the last five years. Optimism bounces back amongst businesses around the world, other than in Europe and Japan.  

Leadership Readiness: The Next Wave
Only 22% of surveyed CXOs (CFOs, CIOs and CTOs) believe that their organisations are ready to have the CHRO as part of the top leadership positions: SHRM India research study.

The people conundrum of GST
Effective implementation of goods and services tax depends heavily on realigning the administrative machinery of Government and taxpayers, says KPMG India's Pratik Jain

People Innovation
Continuous innovation is a matter of habit; while different organisations may adopt different approaches to delivering innovation, innovation cannot be sustainable without the involvement of HR.

INNOVATION SERIES: Raise Both Your Hands
Innovation coach R. Sridhar says, "Do not shy away from asking for help. Innovation is not an I, me, mine game."

Competency Models and Performance Management
HR consultants working to help clients develop performance management systems should consider the concept of competencies--the collection of related knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics that combine to produce ...

An In-Depth Look at Talent Management
Talent management is a relatively new area of HR. Research shows that talent management is becoming a major part of corporate strategy, with the connection between talent management and business strategy increasingly viewed as ...

How are consultants compensated?
Independent HR consultants usually charge fees for their services and find pricing their services very challenging.

What should be included in an RFP?
A request for proposal (RFP) is an invitation by a private or governmental entity for potential vendors to submit a bid for specified products or services.