Ulrich Three Legged Stool Model

This model is named after dave ulrich and its three pronged approach should make the three legged stool part of the term pretty clear.

Ulrich three legged stool model.

This model for organizing the human resource function was developed by the influential us academic david ulrich. The drivers behind ulrich model adoption in 1995 to drive efficiency standardisation and hr s strategic impact remain as relevant to businesses today as they ever were. Fortunately there is much less of this around now than there used to be. Shared service activities should be concentrated in a call centre with supporting intranet to provide administrative and basic support functions to the.

Ulrich suggested that in large organizations the previously integrated hr function should be divided into three segments. Physical model the three legged stool based on dave ulrich hr functions increasingly involve a broader number of roles legs the most popular probably being hr consultants operating at the same level as hr business partners but not tied to a particular area of a business enabling them to be moved around to meet strategic or operational. The emerging new model incorporates teams communities and networks and looks distinctly different to ulrich s three legged stool. I think most hr transformations are taking the time to work.

Ie the three legged stool.