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To what extent is HRM different from conventional Personnel Management? Is it the same phenomenon in a different name and modern version?  

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ESSAY TITLE : To what extent is HRM different from conventional Personnel Management? Is it the same phenomenon in a different name and modern version? NAME : Quincy Pule STUDENT No. : 803p5227 SUBJECT : Critical Human Resources Management LECTURER : Mr. N. Jack DEGREE : B.A.(Hons.)-Industrial Relations DUE DATE : 25 August 2003 INTRODUCTION To capture the theme of my essay, I will first distinguish between HRM and Personnel Management. Thereafter I will provide a general overview of management, interrogate the four dimensions of HRM, ie, inception, development, motivation and maintenance. It is also my intention to delve into the peculiarities of personnel management, which has at some stage grown both as an academic discipline and as a field of application in work organizations. Whether the two disciplines are similar or different, that will be discussed just before the conclusion. DEFINITION OF HRM According to Pieters, M.A. (1996:4), Human Resources Management can be defined as a process...

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