The future of HR is "no HR"

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"The future of HR is no HR," according to Mike Ettling, President, HR line of business at SuccessFactors and SAP.

Speaking at SuccessConnect 2014 in Amsterdam, Ettling suggested that the people function needs to take its role seriously as an enabler and that a lot of HR departments currently define themselves by transactional back-office processes.

Agata Henschel, Head of HR Programme Management at Skrill, the online payment company, responded by saying: "That's exactly what we follow."

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