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Roles and responsibilities 2006: benchmarking the HR function

Our fourth annual HR benchmarks survey finds HR practitioners in ebullient mood - better qualified, more influential, and more likely to have a voice at the highest levels of their organisation.


Key points

  • A typical HR department operates on the basis of one practitioner to every 102 employees in the organisation as a whole, with most employers now having someone at board level speaking on behalf of the function and good access to the chief executive and other senior managers.