management of human resources

Running head__Management of Human Resources

Management of Human Resources

Introduction

The rapid changes in the area of people management starting from the postwar era may have accelerated the transition from the second stage representing the personnel management model to the era of the human resource management paradigm . From here , the human resource drivers of the modern era ushered fast and farther into the period of the strategic human resource management processes on a global scale (Hill , 2008

Noticeably , the changes in the human resourcing field have evolved dramatically since the

1970s when factors of phenomenal magnitude , such as stronger unionism , regulatory environment favoring the labor sector global competitiveness , outsourcing and multi-sourcing options manifested the significant developments in people management that were unprecedented in nature . These too , had to naturally evolve into more complex human resourcing framework demanded by the times

Thus , starting with simple approaches along people administration and welfare management , experts were soon confronted with complex human resource and work models that further widened and deepened the scope of the human resource management discipline . At this time , the era became impacted by the growing sensitivity of the labor force as labor became more diverse , multi-skilled , environmentally conscious or technology-averse . And as firms chose to downsize , reengineer , create manpower pools , outsource , multi-source , contractualize , among others the phenomenon of strategic human resourcing indicates the extent of sensitivity and concern about people management significantly beyond its traditional scope

The recruitment , selection , training , retention and promotion : The People Management Model

People management during...