Six Trends influencing HR

Oct 30, 04

Development Dimensions International, Inc. (DDI)
conducted a survey of more than 321 HR professionals
for the 2004 HR Forum and readers of Human Resource
Executive Magazine to identify basic trends that are
having an impact on HR today and to see how HR is
responding to them.

Some interesting extracts from the study:

Respondent profile:

43% respondents represent directors or VP’s of HR
64% were from multinational organizations
59% worked in companies with more than
USD100 million in revenue

Six Trends influencing HR in the next two- three years

  • Rising Compensation Costs 62.6%
  • Developing Human Capital 47.8%
  • Harnessing New Technology 39.1%
  • Organizational Pressures on the HR Function 35.4%
  • Adapting to a Global Economy 25.7%
  • Managing the Changing Workforce 23.8%
  • Proficiency and Importance of HR Competencies


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    Common Barriers to Change

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    Details of the study can be found here

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