7 key trends influencing HR in 2009 and beyond

Human resource management will be a key focus area in 2009 as companies put in place strategies to cope with the financial and economic crisis. In the past 10 years, HR has spent much time re-inventing itself in order to be better equipped to serve the business. Coming from a traditional administrative role, HR has worked hard to revitalize its services, aiming to better fulfill its strategic and tactical role. Administrative services have been optimized and made as (cost-) efficient as possible. Now that most organizations have introduced new service delivery models, the focus can be turned towards strategic and tactical support of the business.