Strategic Human Resource Management



Strategic Human Resource Management

Evolution of Personnel Department to HR Department

The personnel management department at most large organizations are now a history in that these departments have evolved to Human Resource Departments. This means that these departments now do more than just personnel management. Their responsibilities have expanded and they now include recruitment and selection, retention management, compensation management and training and development. They also work towards making the organization an employer of choice. Both internal as well as external factors are responsible for the evolution.

Three internal factors

The first factor that led to the evolution of personnel ...