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V alue-based HR management - Seven Steps                                        The pressure on Human Resources to become strategic is not new. In 1997, David Ulrich initiated the debate by labeling HR "ineffective, incompetent, costly and value-sapping." With this statement he challenged HR professionals to create value and move beyond administration to business partnership. So how close has HR come to achieving this? Defining what "value" means in HR terms is the clincher. Outsourcing solutions, Web-enabled processes and shared services have almost eliminated the need for HR as a purely administrative function. Today, HR can only truly add value if it helps the organization develop capabilities to compete and win business. This includes attracting and retaining talent, acting with spee...