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Adapting human resource planning in a changing business environment
Author(s) -
Greer Charles R.,
Jackson Dana L.,
Fiorito Jack
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.3930280107
Subject(s) - business , process management , strategic human resource planning , process (computing) , resource (disambiguation) , human resources , strategic planning , component (thermodynamics) , business environment , business practice , human resource management , knowledge management , operations management , computer science , marketing , management , business administration , economics , computer network , physics , thermodynamics , operating system
Contemporary human resource planning (HRP) practice is described on the basis of a survey of 137 companies. Results indicate widespread use of simple forecasting techniques and increased acceptance of HRP during the turbulent 1980s, supporting the notion that HRP adapts to the business environment and has increasingly become a line management process. The forecasting component of HRP was found to serve several functions, the most frequent being developmental. HRP problems have evolved into concerns about the strategic planning role of HRP in the 1990s as opposed to the more technical issues of the past.