From personnel management to strategic human resource management

Olive Lundy

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Few business organizations today could claim to be unaffected by globalization and pressures for competitiveness. The trend has undoubtedly caused the management of human resources to take on new strategic significance. There is however some suggestion that initiatives taken to manage human resources strategically are originating with chief executives and line management. Personnel management, it is argued, has been and continues to be in ‘decline’. Through reviews of literature this paper considers these issues and discusses the emergence of the concepts of HRM and strategic human resource management. The paper then focuses on the latter concept, viewing it as a vital phase in the evolution of personnel management and one which is poised to settle some of the dilemmas in the field by aspiring, as it does, to integrate the functional practices of human resource management with the strategic process of the organization. Based on a synthesis of literature a model is presented with proposals as to how it might be put into operation. A review of literature on research design precedes a description of a three-phase programme of research aimed at promoting the theoretical development of strategic human resource management. Tentative propositions suggest a focus for the exploration of data in this sphere. In a final discussion some thought is given to the attention the concept of HRM has gained in the UK. Overall, the conclusion reached in the paper is that strategic human resource management is a significant frontier which offers great opportunity to advance understanding of the management of human resources.

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