The HRCS is completed every five years, is a global study that was created by Professors Dave Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank, and has been co-sponsored by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and The RBL Group, a leading consulting and executive education firm, with regional HR association partners in Europe, N.A., LATAM, Asia, and Africa.
This year HR magazine has partnered with RBL to publish the first cut of results exclusively.
Prior rounds of the study have produced a wealth of practical tools, frameworks and recommendations for HR leaders, as well foundation information the books HR Champions, The HR Value Proposition, HR Competencies, and HR Transformation.
Jon Younger (pictured), an RBL partner and current HRCS co-director, said: "This is the most empirically rigorous, large scale, global study of what's expected of HR professionals and their departments, and how what we think of as high performance is changing and developing. We're excited about making this the broadest HRCS study yet, and look forward to very active participation by UK organisations."
The study is currently planned to conclude in September - October, 2011. We encourage and invite those interested in participating to contact RBL Group by mid September.
Organisations interested in participating are invited to sign up at the website: www.hrcs.rbl.net
The following benefits to participants are all at no cost, and reflect our thanks for participating in the study:
1. Participating individuals will receive a personal feedback report that benchmarks against overall norms and identifies areas of relative strength and need for development
2. Organisations where more than 10 HR professionals participate will receive a feedback report that benchmarks their scores against overall norms and identifies areas of relative strength and needs for development
3. Participating organisations are invited to attend one of several 2012 regional conferences to share the overall findings and their implications for HR departmental and professional high performance
