I believe that the future of HPT is to
stay, or at least will continue to be the focus of efforts
to support business success. Would that be considered a
fad, perhaps? James Wallace of Northrop Grumman Newport
News stated that he wanted to attract people and train them
so they would "contribute to the company's success." Kathy
Barclay of General Motors indicates that you should "develop
the talents and skill sets of your people to drive the performance
of the company." These two attitudes combined indicate that
companies desire to further their organization and the bottom
line. This is fact for most companies. Right?
So, as long as human capital is the driving
force behind this success, then the solution for improving
that performance will be front line. If anyone is able to
prove that improving performance does not link to the bottom
line, the effort to offer training or other changes will
stop.
I do believe that it is a skill that EVERY
manager should have, but should not disappear as a separate
profession. There will still need to be performance improvement
specialists that will need to know how to improve the performance
of workers so that mangers can be taught how. At least a
couple of performance improvement courses should be required
for managers and MBAs in order to understand the full commitment
behind the need to maintain human capital.
I believe that HPT is recognized as a
need in almost every company. Unfortunately, I think some
companies are not as educated as others and fail to see
the connection to the point where they are willing to adjust
their priorities.
So, where to get this knowledge? ISPI
has a great source of information.
