I thought I had concocted the perfect plan: Buy a one-way plane ticket to Hawaii on the day the Supreme Court rules on health care reform because nothing could possibly be complicated in paradise right? From my beach chair, I could watch everyone from afar rushing to understand the Supreme Court’s ruling and witness my peers trying to figure out the next steps of implementation. Well, everyone can dream, right? Just as my peers in every corner of the country wonder what to do next, I must do the same in Hawaii. Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen many experts express their opinions, based on the Court’s ruling, about the current and future impact of health care reform on organizations. Since I’ve now reconciled myself with the fact that I’m actually going to implement health care reform even in paradise, let’s talk about who’s going to do all the work.
Historically speaking, human resources strategy, roadmaps, and decisions, have been developed and made by human resources. Makes sense, right? However, that tide could be turning. According to a 2011 survey of human resources and finance executives by Towers Watson and Forbes Insights, 38% of finance executives believe strategy development will be much more of a shared role between human resources and finance in future years.
