Continuous cost pressures and demands for more value will require HR experts in efficiency and high performance cultures. A high level of expected retirements will result in lost intellectual capital and demands for succession planning and recruiting support. Declining employment and increased competition will require innovative programs to attract and retain faculty and staff. Increased diversity and technology demands will require cultural sensitivity and support for technology workers. New generations will demand flexible benefits and arrangements, while demands for faster services require agility and responsiveness. Complex systems will demand critical thinking and problem solving skills needing professional development. Culture will define success requiring HR to build excellence. Environmental sustainability will demand sound workplace policies and practices.

1. Continuous cost pressures across the institution, affordability of education, faster time
to degree, demands for more value in the degree, etc. will require HR to be experts in
organization design, operational efficiency, employee productivity and high performing
cultures
High level of predictable retirements in the next 10 years will result in the loss of
intellectual capital and will create more demands for succession planning and recruiting
support
Declining local and national employment base - national trends predict 10 million fewer
US workers than needed over next 15 years – and increased competition will require
innovative recruitment, retention and development programs to attract and retain key
faculty and staff
Increased globalization will increase diversity of faculty and students and place new
demands for cultural sensitivity
Higher demands for operational efficiencies across the institution will result in more
technology and HR will need to support the recruitment and retention of highly trained
technology workers
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New generations of workers will demand alternative forms of compensation, benefits
and work arrangements placing higher expectations on the institution to provide flexible
and alternative employment scenarios
Demands for faster services will require HR to be nimble, agile and highly responsive to
the changing demands of the institution
Complex financial, technical, organizational and other systems will require greater
demand for critical thinking and problem solving skills and will require the need for more
professional development
Culture will continue to define and dominate institutional success and HR needs to drive
programs and initiatives that builds cultural excellence
Environment sustainability issues will increasingly resonate with students, faculty and
staff resulting in the demand for workplace policies and practices that are
environmentally sound
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