HR: The Business Partner, Second Edition (Paperback)

~ Barbara Kenton (Author), Jane Yarnall (Author) "The transition from Operational HR to Strategic Business Partnership is a difficult one..." (more)
Key Phrases: consultancy cycle, consultancy skills, internal consultancy, Business Partner, Roffey Park, San Francisco (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The original book has proved to be very valuable for my HR business partner clients, both in discussing the guiding concepts and ideas and in providing practical methods and tools to make the theory work in daily practice. It's the hands-on approach that makes it a book that practitioners actually read and reread"
Wilfred Verweij MSc, Senior Learning Consultant/Lecturer, Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University, The Netherlands

"As the BP role has evolved, this pragmatic and insightful approach captures the essence of the changes in the function and offers guidance on embedding it into the organisation to produce fully effective HR partners."
Gill Whensley, Chartered FCIPD and HR Director, Spofforths LLP

"Business Partnering is both a mindset and a skill set - especially the ability to build and maintain effective value-adding business relationships. In a very real sense the authors are helping to move the field of Business Partnering forward by describing not just the 'what' and the 'why' of Business Partnering but also the 'how'."
Linda Holbeche, HR Professional and former Director of Research and Policy, CIPD, UK

Many HR teams have intimated that they are just full of budding business partners waiting for the right opportunity to make their mark. The capable ones who realise their time has arrived will be developing their skills by reading "The Business Partner.

Paul Kearns, Director, PWL

I am very happy to see a book on how to be a better HR Business Partner. In the years ahead BP excellence and leadership will be key to the success of UK HR departments. Timely & Important.

Stephen Battalia, Group HR Director, Nestle UK & Ireland

An invaluable guide to a partnering relationship for HR professionals.
Soundly grounded academically, and at the same time full of practical advice, this book is especially helpful on the essentials of the internal consulting role that makes a partnership successful.

Andrew Mayo, Professor of Human Capital Management, Middlesex University.

In this useful text, Barbara Kenton and Jane Yarnall have provided practical ideas about the role of the business partner in HRM. By linking the notion of business partnership with internal consultancy skills they are able to offer insights into a subject of growing interest to all managers.

--Professor Shaun Tyson

Review

Many HR teams have intimated that they are just full of budding business partners waiting for the right opportunity to make their mark. The capable ones who realise their time has arrived will be developing their skills by reading "The Business Partner.

Paul Kearns, Director, PWL

I am very happy to see a book on how to be a better HR Business Partner. In the years ahead BP excellence and leadership will be key to the success of UK HR departments. Timely & Important.

Stephen Battalia, Group HR Director, Nestle UK & Ireland

An invaluable guide to a partnering relationship for HR professionals.
Soundly grounded academically, and at the same time full of practical advice, this book is especially helpful on the essentials of the internal consulting role that makes a partnership successful.

Andrew Mayo, Professor of Human Capital Management, Middlesex University.

In this useful text, Barbara Kenton and Jane Yarnall have provided practical ideas about the role of the business partner in HRM. By linking the notion of business partnership with internal consultancy skills they are able to offer insights into a subject of growing interest to all managers.

Professor Shaun Tyson, Cranfield University --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 302 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2 edition (December 17, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1856178471
• ISBN-13: 978-1856178471
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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