Beyond the Human Resource Function An increasingly common theme in Human Resource (HR) literature in the 1990's concerns how the HR Department can make a greater contribution to the success of the business it serves. To do so, we must first change our view of the Human Resource role as being only executable within a traditional "Department." We must view HR more as a "function," or "a set of activities," than as a department. For more information visit at Taskforcehr.com in Public bookmarkswith beyond-the-human-resource-function