Facing The Global Opportunity: Insights From The 2007 Ibm Human Resources Summit

The 2007 IBM Human Resources (HR) Summit assembled senior executives from around the world to evaluate globalization's impact on today's HR function. Roundtable discussions uncovered two important themes that organizations cannot afford to overlook: the need for globally standardized, yet flexible, HR processes, and the importance of stronger global workforce integration. Addressing these challenges effectively on a worldwide basis can result in lower costs through economies of scale, as well as enable the HR organization to make a larger strategic contribution to the business.