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Redefining the Role of HR By Dave Ulrich

Most of us who work in and around colleges and universities fail to appreciate their extensive history as organizations and thus some of their unique human resources requirements. Institutions of higher learning have been around for millennia as the Church and government created communities of scholars and teachers to advance knowledge. Colleges and universities were somewhat isolated and protected institutions where abstract thinking and creative teaching could shape the way people think about and see their world.

While the basic functions of higher ed institutions to generate and generalize ideas have remained constant, recent environmental and...