The Network for Strategic Human ResourcesOverviewThe HR Society is dedicated to encouraging excellence at the "Hard Edge" of HR across the private and public sectors. Its role in promoting the place of HR in Strategy is highly topical, particularly with today's emphasis on strategic partnerships and people related measures. The Society benefits from members drawn from the senior ranks of the HR profession, academia and other contributors to value-adding HR strategy. The Mission of the HR Society is to lead thinking and share good practice in the linking of people, planning and productivity, and in so doing provide a network forum for professionals working in this area. The Society has associated links with sister professional societies - bodies dedicated to organisational effectiveness - as well as being a voice and stimulus for the HR profession. A Unique Network Club for HR PractitionersThe HR Society forms a unique, personal and corporate network for members: Membership covering the UK's leading organisations. Private forums, meetings and briefings for members stimulated by leading speakers and forward looking developments. Organisational, Human Capital and HR performance benchmarking - provision of metrics and high performance practice. Access to private, original research, publications and HR reports. Facilitation of real time policy and practice exchange between members. The Club offers corporate, individual and student membership. Members come from a wide range of business, academic and public sector organisations across the UK. Member OrganisationsMembers of the Society come from a wide variety of private and public sector organisations. The following organisations indicate the scope of recent membership:
The Club operates to a code of conduct:All meetings are private and take place under Chatham House rules, to enable open and honest debate to take place. ‘Soliciting for business' in any form is banned. (This applies particularly to any consultant participants whether presenters or attendees). Membership records and attendance lists remain the property of the Society and may not be used by anyone - whether member or guest - for any business purpose whatsoever. This allows everyone - members, guests and speakers - to enjoy the Society as intended. OrganisationThe governing body of the Society is the Council of Trustee Directors, elected by members at the AGM and chaired by the President. The CIPD, ORS and the IES have had a standing invitation to provide representatives on Council since the Society began. Day to day management of the Society is in the hands of the President, Chairman and Executive Committee, which is drawn from members of Council. The Society is administered by Gemma Chenery-Jones ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). A list of the key positions in the current running and direction of the Society is provided on the People page, together with brief bios on each. HistoryThe Society grew out of an increasing interest in the people dimension of the economic system during the 1960s - an interest that has re-emerged in the 21st century as the concept of Human Capital. The Society was founded (as the Manpower Society) in 1970 as a joint initiative of the Institute of Personnel Management (now CIPD) and the Operational Research Society (ORS). It remains a company limited by guarantee and is a registered charity ~ Charity Commission Ref: 261023. The first President of the Society was The Rt. Hon. Sir William Armstrong and successive Presidents have been Baron Fulton of Falmer, Sir Dennis Barnes, Sir Leonard Peach, John Hougham CBE, Dr. Clive Purkiss, Professor Andrew Mayo and most recently Angela O Connor. |
