HR in the 21st century
Introduction:
As the business world journeyed into the 21st century, the traditional ways of handling many business aspects slowly drifted away. This “turn-of-the-century” brought a whole new way of how businesses operate and the departments within. These new ways of the business include the prominence of technology, the ongoing fight for diversity in the workplace, and expansion on globalization. Because these changes also effect the employees within the workplace, this has forced the field of human resource management to change rapidly.
Methodology: HR Management in the 21st Century: What’s Ahead? Objective: This paper examines the rapid change in Human Resource Management throughout the 21st century. Human
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