Social Reengineering the Imperatives for Human Resource Management

This paper is an attempt to reflect some of the learning and experiences of the author, to coherently put forth the changes that are affecting Indian Organizations and to discuss what needs to be done to manage these changes. The author argues that human resource professionals have to engage themselves for social reengineering to bring fundamental transformation in core structure and values to build a developed Indian Society. The purpose and the role of such reengineering executives are discussed. The core competencies essential to bring transformation and create highly productive work systems have been explained. Finally, the roles of human resource professionals are outlined.