This particular article didn't take issue with HR functions and professionals so much as the way they are employed by most corporations. After citing some noted accomplishments of several high-profile chief human resource officers (CHROs), the author calls for the abolition of the position.
Instead, he makes a case for dividing the CHRO's duties into two functional lines: HR-A (for administration) to manage compensation and benefits, reporting to the CFO; the other, HR-LO (leadership and organization), would focus on business personnel and report in to the CEO. The reporter sees his plan as "radical" and a way to use HR management positions – at least along the HR-LO strand – as steppingstones to bigger and better opportunities for them.