Human resources functions are significantly different from HR practices. Functions are comprised of transactional activities that can be handled in-house or easily outsourced. Practices are part ...

The primary goal of human resource management (HRM) is to maximize workforce performance and value so as to meet the company's business needs. Achieving this goal requires several HRM competencies ...

The Global Solutions Group (GSG) for Human Resource Management (HRM) provides the knowledge backbone for one of the most critical and challenging reform areas in the World Bank Group’s Governance ...

We maintain that human resources are strategically significant in at least three cases, when these resources (1) help create traditional Ricardian rents; (2) function as components of organizational ...

This paper outlines the issues in relation to the strategic human resource management (HRM) process in organisations from three industries that have experienced a high degree of change during the last ...

In the current business environment, where strategy, finance, and marketing often claim the spotlight, the Human Resources function has traditionally been viewed as a supporting player, the stage crew ...