HR is a strategic partner to business: Survey

BANGALORE: It's important to have a close alignment between the Human Resources and business for any place to write their success story.

A recent survey on HR transformation in the IT sector, conducted by Randstad Technologies unveiled interesting findings regarding 'business-aligned HR'.

According to the survey results, while 56% of the HR leaders from the IT sector in India said that their department was aligned with their organization's vision and strategy, 29% thought that they own a place at the table and are accorded the status of ' strategic partners'.

36% of the HR leaders felt that excessive focus on transactional activities and limited bandwidth were the major reasons of HR not being aligned with business. Presenting the survey insights, Moorthy K Uppaluri, MD & CEO, Randstad India said, "The IT sector is a significant contributor to the GDP. It continues to be a critical driver for the knowledge-driven Indian economy."

Other findings from the survey
28% of the survey respondents mentioned that alignment of people plan with business requirement should be the main focus area, followed by short, medium and long term business planning. 18% believe that employee engagement is also a key factor to succeed in this. For HR to play the role of an effective business partner in any organization, they need to have a thorough understanding of the core business areas, feels 22% of the HR leaders who participated in the survey.

A majority of the respondents agreed that talent analytics will play a critical role in sourcing and retaining talent in the next 5-10 years, followed by flexible working options to attract increasingly mobile talent and increasing automation that will shift the talent needed in an organization to highly skilled roles.