Home » HR practices » Quality of life at work » Italy: interview of Filippo Adamo, President of the Italian People Management association, on changes and challenges for the HR function Italy: interview of Filippo Adamo, President of the Italian People Management association, on changes and challenges for the HR function Employee motivation and commitment are the biggest challenge for HR managers in Italy today, according to Filippo Adamo, President of the AIDP (Associazione Italiana per la Direzione del Personale). The association, founded in 1960, gathers more than 3,000 members working in the HR function of public and private undertakings or institutions or who study the relation between “people and work” as researchers and academics. Through . Published on 12 June 2014 à 11h45 - Update on 12 June 2014 à 11h45 Resources How has the HR function changed in recent years? Filippo Adamo. More and more, HR Directors are becoming HR managers and less human relations specialists. They are more on boards, which used to be rarer. Therefore, they need to know more. Before, they only had to be experts in human and union relations. Now they also need to be experts in business, economics and finance. They must be able to read reports and – big rising theme – turn their work into figures so that top managers will understand how useful their work is and, among other things, how motivation, commitment and positive assessments for employees can be an essential contribution to company’s profit.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels