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Better practice studies and what they can do for your HR function

February 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Better practice and benchmarking are all about continuous improvement. They benefit HR functions at all stages of their development by showing them how to migrate to more added value services.

Better practice studies and benchmarking studies are two ways for HR functions and their organisation to measure their effectiveness, the level of service they are providing to users, providing a point of comparison, and also a source of inspiration.

Better practice studies are often confused with benchmarking studies, an unfortunate mistake that leads many HR functions to overlook better practice studies when they could in fact gain substantial benefits from participating.

In brief, benchmarking studies focus on quantitative measures and provide the opportunity for HR functions to assess where they are ranking. Such studies require the willingness to collect comparable data, good information systems and a substantial commitment in time, including liaison with fellow participants.

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