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February 25th 2016

Identifying Critical Roles, Easier Said than Done!

Written By Colin Beames

  • Tags
  • Being an HR Director
  • Competitive Strategy
  • Global Strategy
  • HR Models
  • Strategic Workforce Planning
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Wellbeing

Role differentiation constitutes the essence of developing an effective workforce strategy, starting with the identification of critical roles. However, definitions of what makes critical roles sometimes lack rigour and are not always well defined. Therefore, the identification of critical roles is easier said than done.

This white paper considers common traps and limitations in identifying critical roles, attempts to define ‘best practice’ approach and provide a model HR professionals can work with when defining critical roles in the organisation.

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