Transforming HR into a strategic business partner

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Imtiaz Shaikh, VP Americas, Corporate Function HR and Operations, Hitachi and a keynote speaker at SS&O Week 2011 (Orlando, Florida March 1-3) speaks with SSON’s Chris Archer, and explains how he has steered his HR shared services team towards becoming a strategic business partner. Now that the foundational element is in place, he says, his team is able to focus on added value. The result is that, today, the businesses are coming to Hitachi’s HR team for c...

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