2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The Roles and Power of Human Resource Department and their Predictors

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22730291
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Business administration
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	ENATSU Ikutaro 名古屋大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (00508525)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Keywords	人事管理論
Research Abstract	In this research, I analyzed the change in structures of Human Resource Department, such as roles and a power of it, theoretically and empirically. Today, HR Department is surrounded and influenced by the change in environmental factors such as organizational structure and strategy. Findings are able to be summarized as the following. Firstly, HR practices which is mainly implemented by front-line are more and more introduced. Secondly, controls on front-line by HR Department today are more indirect than the past. Thirdly, it is still rational that HR Department gathers information about front-line and keeps power. Although today's firms must be more flexible, HR Department still is able to positively contribute on the function of managerial control and integration. HR Department must evolve its structure to meet on such needs. More concretely, keeping its firm structure and constructing cooperative relationship with front-line managers are needed.