Human resource business partners and their role in servicing information technologies related technical assessments

Abstract

Business partners (HR BPs) within the system of HR management are known to cover a specific field of activities related to smooth functioning of a personnel management system in large IR companies on large projects. They serve as the middlemen between the project management team (RM, DM, AM) and the project team of technical specialists in charge of various technical developing and supportive functions. They would traditionally focus on mentoring managers in developing their management styles and skills, resolving various problematic situations. Servicing technical assessments on the project is another important function of HR BPs which requires numerous soft skills and conflict management knowledge as such assessments are known to play the crucial role in professional development and growth of any IT specialist. Some very important stages in this process comprise making the final decision on how fit and prepared for the project works an IT specialist is and whether his/her expectations and professional ambitions rhyme with what the project managers think of it. The art of balancing between the interests of project management and an employee and coming to the only well-balanced and correct final decision makes the role of HR BPs both challenging and very important