Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Human resource management comprise the formal systems designed to manage people in an
organization.
Evolution of HR Management What is now called human resource management has evolved a
great deal since its beginnings around the year 1990.
1960’s What began as a primarily clerical operation in larger companies concerned with payroll &
employee records began to face changes with the social legislation of the 1960’s & 1970’s.
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENTS
‘’Personnel Departments,’’ as they came to be called, became concerned with the legal
implications of policies & procedures affecting employees.
1990’s
in the 1990’s, globalization & competition required human resource departments to become more
concerned w/ costs, planning, & the implications of various HR strategies for both organizations &
their employees.
Despite the obvious differences between large & small organizations, the same HR issues must be
dealt with in every firm.