Why firms are merging HR and IT departments

Even if you have never worked for a big company, you will probably have an idea what the HR and IT departments do.

Human resources (HR) deal with people, IT deal with the technology.

It might seem like an obvious management division, but some companies are merging the responsibility for those departments under one leader.

And a big part of that is to do with the introduction of AI.

Some 64% of senior IT decision makers at large companies expect their HR and IT functions to merge within five years, according to a survey by Nexthink, a firm that makes workplace software.