BIO’s Human Resources Conference

Oct. 26, 2008-Oct. 28, 2008
Omni San Diego Hotel
San Diego, CA
www.bio.org/hr/

Description:

Positioning HR as a Strategic Leader in Your Organization: How to Align Internal Processes and Culture with Corporate Strategy

Garry O'Grady, Senior Vice President and head of our Sales Practice, will examine the importance of an HR department that contributes to the strategic objectives and goals of an organization, and will identify a framework needed to align HR's strategies and tactics with those of the larger organization.

Abstract:

Positioning HR as a Strategic Leader in Your Organization: How to Align Internal Processes and Culture with Corporate Strategy
 

Pharmaceutical and biotech companies do not always view the HR function as a strategic contributor to the organization. HR management is often asked to work on a reactive basis and take direction from several functions internally, ranging from the CEO and upper management to legal and other internal department heads to leaders in the commercial organization such as marketing and sales. As a result, HR is focused more at a tactical level and concentrates primarily on risk management issues. This makes for a didactic and cyclical approach to HR’s activities from year-to-year.

Ideally, HR would play a more proactive and strategic role in helping to align the internal processes and culture of the organization with the corporate strategy that resonates from the top-down. To do this HR must first understand the company’s overall strategy and how it translates into the strategic priorities and performance goals of each business unit such as finance, legal, clinical development, commercial development leaders and others. By leveraging this critical information as a guiding light, HR can then build its own strategies and tactics to help contribute to the company’s overall success.

Delegates attending this session will learn how to
 
  • Examine the strategic role their HR department plays within their overall organization
  • Understand how HR can contribute to the strategic objectives of their organization and to the goals of various business units
  • Build a framework to align HR’s strategies and tactics with those of the larger organization

During this session the speakers will review case studies via an interactive setting to help illustrate the most effective means of executing this approach in various types of pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

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