Against the backdrop of global sustainable development, competition among enterprises has become increasingly intense, and strategic human resource management has emerged as a critical factor for organizations seeking greater growth and competitive ad...
Against the backdrop of global sustainable development, competition among enterprises has become increasingly intense, and strategic human resource management has emerged as a critical factor for organizations seeking greater growth and competitive advantage. Reform and innovation have become essential pathways for industries to achieve transformational development, enabling enterprises and workers to obtain higher-value services. Effective human resource management provides organizations with sustainable and hard-to-imitate competitive advantages, thereby enhancing organizational performance. However, existing research in China has paid limited attention to the HR three-pillar model, particularly within the modern human resource service industry. Therefore, examining how strategic HRM role transformation—based on the three-pillar model—affects organizational performance holds significant theoretical and practical implications.This study adopts literature review, questionnaire surveys, and in-depth interviews as the primary research methods. The research targets human resource service enterprises that have already implemented or partially applied the HR three-pillar model. Using SPSS, regression models were established to analyze the impact of the three-pillar model on organizational performance within the modern HR service industry. The findings are as follows:
(1) The distinction between the new HR department and the traditional HR department is reflected in four key aspects—internal collaboration, hierarchical involvement in management responsibilities, the shift from a management-oriented to a service-oriented function, and the transformation from a functional orientation to a strategic orientation.
(2) Enterprises that have implemented the three-pillar model experienced significant improvements in performance indicators over the past three years, including sales growth, market expansion, new product development, and cash flow enhancement.
(3) There is a positive correlation between strategic human resource management based on the three-pillar model and organizational performance. The model enables the HR department to operate from a business perspective, align with organizational strategy, and implement effective HRM practices, thereby contributing to improved organizational performance.
Traditional human resource service models face several limitations, including weaknesses in theoretical foundations, professionalization, diversification, standardization, digitalization, specialization, cross-industry integration, industrial clustering, and scalability. Additionally, the industry lacks coordination with the real economy, suffers from regional imbalance, market fragmentation, limited high–value-added business models, inconsistent market order, insufficient professional competence, and inadequate government policy support. These challenges underscore the urgent need for iterative upgrades to modern HR management services to accommodate the rapid development of the contemporary economy.To address these issues, this study proposes several pathways to guide structural transformation and upgrading within the HR service industry. These include strengthening government policy support, promoting large-scale development of regional HR service industrial parks, enhancing service quality through the internal HR three-pillar management model, and leveraging information technology to construct digital HR service platforms. Through these measures, the industry can develop a high-quality HR service ecosystem and accelerate the modernization of the HR service sector, ultimately facilitating the high-quality development of the human resource service industry.