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Forecast 2008

Features

By Lynda Gratton

In the next few years, HR leaders will see widening globalization and the influence of Gen X and Gen Y as the greatest challenges impacting their jobs. MORE

TRAINING / E-LEARNING: Web-Based Corporate Learning Takes Off

By Jeanne C. Meister

The Net Generation is changing the way companies are tackling the challenge of institutional learning in the 21st century. MORE

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS: Putting Consumers in The Driver's Seat

By Regina E. Herzlinger

By giving employees more choices in their health-care plans, companies can help cut costs and improve care. MORE

RELOCATION: Enhancing the Workforce For a New Age in Mobility

By Anita Brienza

Employers face the challenges presented by a tightening labor force and increasing globalization in light of cost constraints. MORE

EMPLOYEE SCREENING: Streamlining the Process

By Cathy Fyock

As talent acquisition takes on increased importance, HR leaders must arm themselves with the right tools and processes to ensure nothing -- and no one -- slips through the cracks. MORE

STAFFING: The Development Dialogue

By Beverly Kaye

Engaging employees, expanding career-development opportunities and retaining soon-to-retire boomers will be crucial in 2008. Human resource executives must work closely with managers in determining how to align worker and organizational needs. MORE

REWARDS & RECOGNITION: The Engaging Factor

By Karen Renk

Companies are paying more attention to -- and spending more of their recognition and rewards dollars on -- keeping employees involved and satisfied. MORE

OUTSOURCING: At a Crossroads

By Monica R. Barron

Human resource outsourcing suppliers are losing money, buyers are wary and stories about implementations gone bad seem to permeate the market. Will the market right itself or shrink even further? MORE

HR TECHNOLOGY: Continuous Evolution

By Jason Corsello

The demand for talent-management suites will continue to grow as HR looks to solidify its role as a key business partner. MORE

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION: Taking a Holistic Approach

By Donald P. Delves

In the coming months and years, HR executives will need to take the lead in compensation and benefits design to help their companies and boards embrace a bigger vision of executive rewards and pay-for-performance. MORE

EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS: It's a New World in Communication

By Merrie Spaeth

Unless HR departments can move quickly to recognize and embrace the dramatic changes in communication, they risk being less effective or ignored. MORE

EMPLOYMENT LAW: Anti-Bullying -- A New Era In Workplace Civil Rights?

By Stephen M. Paskoff

Outrageous examples of workplace bullying are making headlines, just as stories of huge discrimination cases and verdicts once did. Will state or federal government outlaw the behavior? Should your company outlaw it now? MORE

Special Focus

Taking the Pulse

By Michael Felton-O'Brien

A poll of HR leaders finds they will continue to focus on talent-management issues in the coming months. MORE

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