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Evolution of the Species
Author(s) -
Collins R.R.
Publication year - 1985
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 - 10.1177/103841118502300205
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , matching (statistics) , process (computing) , business , continuing education , public relations , knowledge management , process management , operations management , medical education , political science , computer science , medicine , economics , pathology , law , operating system
In the rush to adapt our organisations in the turbulent 1970s and 1980s, we have neglected the related need to modify and develop the role and contributions of many occupations. The personnel occuaptional group is no exception to this trend. Maintaining its relevance can be achieved by first differentiating the group into three levels of contribution: strategic, managerial and operational; and second, by matching the content and process of initial and continuing education to the needs of these three sub‐groups. However, attempts to adapt the roles and widen the contribution of personnel practitioners will fail without concommitant efforts to expand the education and training of general managers and functional specialists in personnel management. Furthermore, education is but one of a number of strategies that must be implemented simultaneously if we are to successfully develop the occupational group.