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Outsider pick for HR chief stirs debate.

Publication: Workforce Management
Publication Date: 19-OCT-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Outsider pick for HR chief stirs debate.(Katy Barclay retires and Mary Barra appointed at General Motors Corp.)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Jeremy Smerd

One aspect of General Motors' culture makeoverits decision to replace its longtime head of human resources with an engineering executivehas once again prompted debate over when and whether a non-HR executive should lead HR.

On July 30, GM announced that Katy Barclay, who had been global head of HR since 1999 and had been with the company since 1978, would retire. Mary Barra, an executive with an engineering background, replaced her October 1.

The leadership change angered many HR professionals when it was announced.

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