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Who Moved My HR?

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There was a time when Human Resource Development(HRD) was important and respected function in all organizations. In recent time it has been observed that organizations are reducing the focus on HRD or treating it as a secondary function.  The use of technology has brought about a revolution in the routine activities of HR. This is mainly triggered by the flourishing IT industry since last 20 years. With primary focus being the development and deliveries of the technical solutions, HR function has been silently subdued by interesting hierarchies in these IT organizations.  Firstly HR function has been split into many sub functions like Recruitment Management, Resource Allocation, Training, Appraisals and these functions directly started working with executives and managers in the company. There were certain reasons for that like project managers having the insight to details about required skills on particular project. Although it started like that eventually HR fun