http://www.pivotalsolutions.com/hrblog/2010/the-diy-culture-not-for-hr/ by Pivotal's team of HR Directors Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.pivotalsolutions.com/hrblog/2010/the-diy-culture-not-for-hr/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Brian Moore Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:44:44 +0000 http://www.pivotalsolutions.com/hrblog/?p=238#comment-387 You have hit the nail on the head….I don’t think that these guys and gals know the huge personal liability that they are taking on as executives particularly around HR based issues such as Health and Safety. Quite frankly, I don’t think that I would be sleeping well at all. The personal financial liability in the form of safety violation penalties and fines for example, just doesn’t stop at the executive office these days it flows down to the supervisory level and even the employee themselves. If I were an executive I would be assessing my potential personal risk and ensure that there is enough liability insurance in place. But more importantly I would want to make sure that have competent people running my HR. You have hit the nail on the head….I don’t think that these guys and gals know the huge personal liability that they are taking on as executives particularly around HR based issues such as Health and Safety. Quite frankly, I don’t think that I would be sleeping well at all. The personal financial liability in the form of safety violation penalties and fines for example, just doesn’t stop at the executive office these days it flows down to the supervisory level and even the employee themselves. If I were an executive I would be assessing my potential personal risk and ensure that there is enough liability insurance in place. But more importantly I would want to make sure that have competent people running my HR.

]]> http://www.pivotalsolutions.com/hrblog/2010/the-diy-culture-not-for-hr/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Pam Mihailoff Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:39:40 +0000 http://www.pivotalsolutions.com/hrblog/?p=238#comment-386 What disturbs me the most are business owners who finally acknowledge they have a desperate need for an HR function (presumably because they have recognized there is a value in having the function) and then assign a person in the organization with no education or experience in HR to manage it (i.e. the Office Manager, Accounting Manager, etc.). Would you put an HR person in charge of your Finance department with no previous knowledge or expertise in the area of Finance and then expect that all will go well? How about your IT department or Plant Operations? My guess is no way!! What disturbs me the most are business owners who finally acknowledge they have a desperate need for an HR function (presumably because they have recognized there is a value in having the function) and then assign a person in the organization with no education or experience in HR to manage it (i.e. the Office Manager, Accounting Manager, etc.). Would you put an HR person in charge of your Finance department with no previous knowledge or expertise in the area of Finance and then expect that all will go well? How about your IT department or Plant Operations? My guess is no way!!

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