Examines the progress made in e-enabling the HR function and the relationship with outsourcing. This book provides guidance on how to tackle the e-enablement of the function and on the factors associated with outsourcing. It also incorporates a survey of thinking and practice on the future of the HR profession.

Introduction; Part 1 An Overview of the Problems, Practices and Potential; Technology, Outsourcing and People Management: A Review of the Field;Part 2 The Outsourcing Agenda and the Future of HR; Outsourcing and the HR Function; Outsourcing HR in France: Theory and Practice; Lessons on Outsourcing from Supply Chain Management; Part 3 Current Practice in e-HR in the UK, the Netherlands and the USA;The Impact of e-HR on Line managers and Employees in the UK: Benefits, Problems and Prospects; Lessons Learned from e-HR Implementation among Five Companies in the Netherlands; e-HR Implementation in the USA; e-HR Trends and Prospects in the USA and Canada; Part 4 Transforming the e-HR Function through Technology and Outsourcing;Recent developments in e-HR and e-Learning among UK firms; Transforming HR at BT through Technology and Outsourcing: A Short History of a Long and Radical Shake-up;Transforming HR in Local Government: Towards a Virtualised Future?; Transforming the HR function through technology: A case study of National Australia Bank;Transforming HR through technology at the London Stock Exchange;The Impact of Technology on New Ways of Working: Lessons for the HR Function;The Impact of Technology and Outsourcing on HR Professionals;What Have we Learned and What can HR Learn?