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Human Resource Management (HRM) is concerned with the management of people within an organisation. 'HRM has emerged from Personnel Management' (Graham et al, 1998, p. 3), however, Guest (1989) states that HRM is simply the re- titling of Personnel Management (PM) and Foley et al (1999) states that HR practitioners needed to shred the 'Cinderella image' in a quest for professional recognition. The comparison of HRM and PM literature yields slight differences between their definitions. Graham (1998, p. 6) states, 'PM is practical, utilitarian and instrumental, and mostly concerned with the administration and implementation of policies. HRM, conversely, has strategic dimensions and involves the total deployment of human resources within a firm'. Several factors have effected the management of people over the past twenty years. To what extent has the development of HRM transformed employment management? The success of Japanese style management was recognised and analysed. The theories of their practices have...

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