management is culture (Hofstede 1980). Resultantly, as a general rule, human resource
management principles are modified to suit local conditions or in some extreme cases
some organisations are trapped in a personnel administration era.
Review questions
- Distinguish Human Resource Management from Personnel Management. To
what extent are the differences practical? - Identify and examine key contributions to the development of human resource
management. - By using specific examples, discuss the relevance of human resource
management functions in the situation of a developing country.
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