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The question is no longer whether HR should be elevated to a hard function. The question is why it has not happened yet -- and what must change right now.

The question is no longer whether HR should be elevated to a hard function. The question is why it has not happened yet -- and what must change right now.

Stop Treating HR Like a Soft Function

In the Age of AI and Global Uncertainty, Human Resources Must Be Redesigned as a Hard Business Function

John R. Childress

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