Factors Determining the Role and Tasks of HR Business Partnering in Enterprises

Abstract

The article presents the results of research on the impact of selected factors, such as business strategy, organizational culture, the stage of organizational development, the location of HR in the organizational structure, the type of activity, and the sector to which the company belongs, on the role and scope of the tasks of HR Business Partnering (HR BP). The research method employed was an in–depth, partially structured interview conducted on a group of HR BPs from twenty companies belonging to various sectors. In the interview, the respondents rated the impact of each factor on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 means definitely has no impact and 5 means there positively is an impact. On the basis of the research, it was shown that the company’s business strategy, organizational culture, and the location of HR in the organizational structure have the greatest impact on the shape and role of HR BP in the surveyed organizations. The organizational development phase is slightly less important. On the other hand, the type of activity of the organization as well as the sector to which the company belongs has only a slight impact on the role and scope of tasks of HR BP in the company.