Roadmap to strategic HR: turning a great idea into a business reality / Ralph Christensen ; foreword by Dave Ulrich.

The complexity of the challenge
From rigid administrators to strategic contributors
Assess the organization's readiness for change
Develop a framework and language for HR
Understand the senior HR leader's role as organizational architect
Clarify line management's role in creating and owning human resources strategy
Create a human and organizational strategy
Examine the five human resources processes through a strategic lens
Examine workforce planning and staffing through a strategic lens
Examine performance management through a strategic lens
Examine organization development through a strategic lens
Examine learning and development through a strategic lens
Examine employee relations through a strategic lens
Clarify the roles of generalist and specialist
Design the structure of your new HR organization
Assess and upgrade your HR talent
Managing the roadblocks in making the transition to strategic HR
Managing your career in the field of strategic human resources
The future of human resources.