HR strategies for IS professionals in the 21st century

I. filwmA@T This paper cbdlenges companies to discover a new bmmn resources strategy to develop and retain IS professionals based on a set of real, mm-traditionaP requirements. Rapid acquisition ofvahwble skills by IS professiemals requires a new set of measurements and incentives to properly manderstand valrne added to an organization. Tine author compares two enterprises from the midwestern United States that have met with different levels of success. Some critical factors emerge which can be used to facilitate tbe development of a superior, flexible strategy to enable the hmnan resources function to better develop and retain IS staff. P.1 lmxwoms IS, Information Services function or department