Volume 3, Number 4 - Winter 2006/2007                                print this:

Viewpoint: The Future of Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management professionals face a daunting future. Regulatory and legal burdens continue to increase. Technology has created new ways to automate, outsource, and streamline many HR functions. Additionally, information technology and other departments have begun to take over several of HR's traditional roles. If HR leaders hope to maintain a seat at the strategy table in the days ahead, they will need to develop more robust and flexible competencies. To assist in that endeavor, DSI and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently published 2015: Scenarios for the Future of Human Resource Management. To explore the four very different "days in the life" of HR professional we created in the report, read more...

Strategies into Practice: Developing "Action Learning Projects" for Generations in Transition

Over the next decade, as Baby Boomers begin to retire in record numbers, organizations will need to make larger investments in their younger workforce. Although top decision makers realize the importance of making those investments, they also worry about the need to lower costs associated with increased global competition. "Action Learning Projects" provide a way to achieve both goals. To learn more about them, read more...

Fresh Perspectives: Mapping Market Realities and Opportunities With Geographic Information

Geographic information makes it possible to improve strategic planning initiatives and market assessments. By "geo mapping" data, we can better visualize distribution, quantify strategic opportunities, evaluate performance metrics, and customize unique perspectives on customers, products, and competitors within geographic settings. To see how some credit unions have employed geo mapping software as a powerful assessment and communications tool, read more...

News from Within:

• Decision Strategies International welcomes the addition of Kathy Pearson as a Senior Consultant and Director of Executive Development. An adjunct associate professor of Operations and Information Management at the Wharton School as well, Dr. Pearson will bring to DSI her expertise in critical thinking, scenario planning, strategic decision making, project management, and stakeholder analysis. She received her B.S. in theoretical mathematics from Auburn University, an M.S. in Decision Sciences from Georgia State University, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (with a concentration in statistics) from Northwestern University.
  
  
  

• The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA), in conjunction with DSI, will soon release a new scenario report, The Long and Winding Road: Histories of Aging and Aging Services, 2006-2016. The study updates and moves beyond AAHSA's earlier 2002 report, Services for an Aging America: Four Scenarios for the Next Decade. Whereas the first report examined funding availability and technological advances in medical care as its two critical uncertainties, the new report focuses on questions related to talent availability and aging Baby Boomer demands.