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- Title
Positioning Human Resource as a Value-Adding Function: The Case of Rockwell International.
- Authors
Galbraith, Jay
- Abstract
One of the biggest challenges facing multibusiness corporations is to add value to the businesses that they own. Diversification by itself is no longer seen as a value to share- holders or to the businesses. This article presents a description of how a diverse corporation, Rockwell International, is trying to add value to its businesses. The corporate office and the Human Resources (HR) function are singled out for their roles in leading this effort at Rockwell. The first section of the article describes the value-adding corporation as a type of corporation that is a combination of the classical divisionalized structure and the holding company model. Next Rockwell International and its new CEO, Don Beall, are presented and discussed; the strategy used is also described. The Human Resources Strategy that complements the business strategy is then identified. The final section describes the role of the human resource function itself.
- Subjects
ROCKWELL International Corp.; PERSONNEL management; STRATEGIC planning; PARENT companies; BUSINESS planning; SUBSIDIARY corporations
- Publication
Human Resource Management, 1992, Vol 31, Issue 4, p287
- ISSN
0090-4848
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/hrm.3930310402