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The Historical Development of Human Resource Management in Australia
Author(s) -
Dunphy Dexter
Publication year - 1987
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 - 10.1177/103841118702500205
Subject(s) - housekeeping , human resource management , human resources , business , function (biology) , resource (disambiguation) , public sector , private sector , management , public relations , operations management , marketing , environmental resource management , political science , economics , economic growth , economy , computer science , computer network , biochemistry , chemistry , evolutionary biology , biology , gene
The dominant corporate strategy pursued by public and private sector organisations in Australia has shifted significantly over the last forty years, and these shifts have had marked effect on the status of the personnel functions and on human resource management strategies and practices. Personnel has developed from a relatively minor ‘housekeeping’ and ‘minding’ function to playing a major contributing role in the design and implementation of corporate policy. In this paper the author presents a compact analytical review of this evolution.