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HR’s closest department in responsibility is Legal, both serve to protect the company, not its employees. So I can see the argument that you don’t need HR if yo
by valuearb 6y ago
HR’s closest department in responsibility is Legal, both serve to protect the company, not its employees. So I can see the argument that you don’t need HR if you have a legal department, have it train managers to handle employee grievances properly, and let each manager deal with vacations, sick leave etc as they see fit.
And finance can handle ordering computer equipment and network management services, get rid of IT as well.
- nasalgoat 6y agoThere's a lot more to IT than just ordering equipment. Also, no finance person in my entire working history ever knew anything about managing a network. They can barely use Excel in my experience. The flip side is that no IT person I know could do accounting. Some things you just can't double up roles on.
- valuearb 6y agoIt depends on your network needs. Most are easily outsourced, which is a perfect fit for Finance/Operations personnel. If your team needs a custom network solution, it’s probably better managed by your team. Keep important decisions close.
- andreskytt 6y agoThat is one view at it. The other one is, that hr is a strategic partner to ceo in terms of organizational behaviour and its fit to the strategy. The former appears dominant in US, the latter in EU.