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NEXT GENE
Phase 2: Next Generation HR in Asia
This report summarises the second phase of the research, focused on innovative HR leaders
in Asia. As part of the research, we spoke to 27 companies operating throughout the region
in countries that ranged from Singapore and Hong Kong, to South Korea, China and India.
The research seeks to identify the essence of the Asian brand of Next Generation HR.
Rather than being about HR in Asia today, it is about HR in Asia tomorrow. And in trying
to describe HR in Asia tomorrow, we’ve unashamedly sought out the most interesting and
stimulating practice.
The report is also not attempting to compare HR against classical ‘templates’ of best practice.
We will avoid comparing HR in Asia against Western filters, so won’t be drawing lessons
‘from Asia’ for the wider world.
This study is written in Asia for Asia. We’ve spoken to over 25 of the foremost and most
innovative HR leaders in the region. And we’ve found the beginnings of a recipe for HR
leadership in the region. We try wherever possible to use their words in describing it.
These leaders are responding to a unique set of pressures and challenges – and they are
responding in a uniquely dynamic and innovative way. This study attempts to articulate
their response and to use it to begin to create a vision for HR that can shape the destiny of
organisations in Asia.
And this vision is all around HR’s role as a catalyst for growth.
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