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Marco Köster Human Resource Management versus Personnel Management Essay Dokument Nr. V25299 http://www.grin.com/ ISBN 978-3-638-27970-3 9 783638 279703 Human Resource Management vs. Personnel Management Marco Köster MSc in Human Resource Management University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Year 2001/2002 HRM vs. Personnel Management Marco Köster _______________________________________________________________________ 3 Content 1. Introduction 2. Personnel Management versus Human Resource Management .1 'Soft' and 'Hard' Models of HRM .2 Theory and Philosophy .1 Similarities .2 Differences .3 Practical Implementation 3. Is HRM manipulative and exploitative? 4. Conclusion HRM vs. Personnel Management Marco Köster _______________________________________________________________________ 4 1. Introduction When the flexible concept of HRM emerged in the 1980s, in the times of Thatcherism and Reaganomics, it "could not help but look more desirable than personnel management" (Hope-Hailey et al 1997: 5). The attractiveness of the theory of managing personnel led to a proliferation of HRM language. Nonetheless, it remains to be seen if there is more to HRM than only a new and shining rheto ric. A number of authors stress the difficulties of identifying clear differences between personnel management and HRM, and maintain that the most obvious change is a "re-labelling process" (Legge 1989: 20). Torrington (1989: 64)...

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