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The Changing Status of Personnel Management in Britain
Author(s) -
Beaumont P.B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841118302100107
Subject(s) - hierarchy , business , human resource management , management , operations management , political science , economics , law
If one considers the past or present managign director of almost any prestigious, ‘household’ name company in Britain it is difficult, not to say almost impossible, to find a case of such a persan having a background in personnel management. This pasitian is unlikely to change in the future, but there is nevertheless evidence to indicate that the status of personnel management in the management decision‐making hierarchy of many companies in Britain rose considerably throughout the 1970's.