Ivan RoglikjSenior Specialist Leadership Consulting & Initiatives; Global HRD| Deutsche Telekom AGSkopje, North Macedonia
As an both PM and HR practitioner I'm in a very good position to witness this first-hand but I'm curious what the community has to say about it.
The times when all HR did was operational work (you know... hiring, firing, salaries, sick leaves....) are long behind us. More and more HR initiatives in the organization are taking the project form (classical and agile alike) but not many of the PM practices are being implemented beneath the surface of those projects. I've also been a part of project teams where the HR portion of the management was done on such superficial level you could even say it it was nonexistent..
My view is that there are many things that PM and HR can learn from each other. I'd say they can easily be the opposite sides of the same coin. Agree? Disagree? Have a perspective to add? Please, let's talk about it. Saving Changes...
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Disagree in this points. 1-"but not many of the PM practices are being implemented". You always are using project management practices. The point is the degree of formality and the way you follow (PMI, IPMA, GPM, etc). I mean, perhaps what you like to state is PMI´s PM practices are not implemented. If just the case no problem with that. On the other side, in the projects/programs where I was part mainly the last one to transform the whole HR to use agile practices, HR people were my SMEs (subject matter experts) as other people involved that belongs to other areas. Saving Changes...
This usually is a function of organizational PM maturity. Higher maturity companies will apply the right amount of project management to their projects, regardless of what department or function those projects support. Similarly, PMs and other leaders will ensure that the people side of delivery is being considered from both an inspiration and change management perspective.
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Adeel OsmanProject Manager| Ibtikar Edu Tech SolutionsDubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Thank you to raise this issue
For me this was a challenge on all companies that i worked
i think the HR polices are impeding the work follow of the project running as unfortunately in our country the HR department has a more power than PMO. Saving Changes...
Within our organization, for the larger projects, which is the majority, the HR responsibilities are with the PM. They are responsible for recruiting their staff, paying their staff, training their staff, evaluating their staff, and if needed, disciplining their staff. Of course, they do receive HR support from the matrix HR organization, but only support when required. Saving Changes...
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