Re: Future of HR in LOs LO3163

Dr. Ivan Blanco (BLANCO@BU4090.BARRY.EDU)
Fri, 13 Oct 1995 16:47:25 -0400 (EDT)

Replying to LO2962 --

> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 20:28:41 -0500
> From: art@well.com (Art Kleiner)

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> ... and I'm equally interested in provoking a general discussion here,
> and hashing out whether the Human Resources function is truly under
> siege/on the crest of an opportunity.
>
> I don't ever quote anything without checking first, and never quote
> without making sure it's OK to do so; but I AM interested in pursuing
> this. It seems to me to possibly embody one of the "dark sides" of
> learning organization work: The power struggles which will occur when
> traditional functions evolve into new infrastructural forms.
>
> Art Kleiner, art@well.com

HRM, the way it is set up and conceived in our managerial tradition, is
ill prepared for the many things that have been happening in the wolrd of
business. It has been hit, among other things, by: cultural diversity;
the human implications (the real ones) of TQM/CQI, reengineering, OL,
self-managed teams, etc.; globalization, ... There will be many
situations where I think that HRM people might even be resistors to
organizational changes because they have been cought off guard.

Ivan,

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