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Staffing, employment and recruitment are among the most critical HR function areas that contribute to their organization's business strategies, according to a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) report released May 28, 2008.
How HR functions are viewed within organizations depends on factors such as the size of an organization's staff, its employment sector and the dynamics of how the organization operates, according to HR's Evolving Role in Organizations and Its Impact on Business Strategy.
The findings are based on responses from HR professionals SHRM surveyed online in September 2007. Respondents were employed by organizations operating in the United States.
The study's aim was to understand how HR is approached in the organization in which it operates, which "is crucial to understanding how HR contributes to business strategies and the value that it is poised to bring to the organization," according to the report.
The top three critical HR function areas, the study found, are:
* Staffing/employment/recruitment, cited by 52 percent of respondents.
* Training and development, 29 percent.
* Employee benefits, 29 percent.
"This indicates that HR is most...