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Misunderstood and Undervalued? Personnel Management In Construction
Author(s) -
Druker Janet,
White Geoffrey
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
human resource management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.44
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1748-8583
pISSN - 0954-5395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1995.tb00376.x
Subject(s) - greenwich , management , principal (computer security) , business , control (management) , human resource management , operations management , marketing , public relations , engineering , political science , economics , computer science , environmental science , soil science , operating system
Janet Druker and Geoffrey White, principal lecturer and senior lecturer respectively in the Business School at the University of Greenwich, draw on interviews and on a postal survey of personnel managers in the construction industry, to consider the role and responsibilities of personnel practitioners in construction. They point to the changing balance of employment within the construction firm and the greater involvement of personnel with non‐manual employees. They highlight the importance of various forms of sub‐contracting as a means of strengthening management control at site level. They suggest that the centrally located personnel function may well be close to strategy makers but ultimately the role was found to be advisory with a limited capacity for direct intervention.