It's all about impact.

Byline: C. Mahalingam

Value addition in HR boils down to the impact delivered.

Over the last few years, HR professionals have nurtured a pet obsession that has to do with figuring out whether HR is adding value, whether it has a seat at the strategy table and whether it has become strategic. This is understandable as part of the process of maturing, there is anxiety and often identity crisis. The danger, however, is not finding a fact-based, observable and, therefore, measurable answer soon enough. This is the theme of a national conference to be organised by the D.G Vaishnav College's Department of HRM on November 2 {+n} {+d} in Chennai.

The HR profession and professionals are in the spotlight and their contribution is being watched. This is not because they are new arrivals on the corporate playfield, …