5 The changing contexts of strategic human resource management
As emphasized in the first chapter, the SHRM phenomenon (in its distinctive sense denoting a high-commitment approach) can be seen as a product of its time. It emerged and spread when international pressures were making many firms in western economies uncompetitive and new ways of working were being sought. The post-Second World War consensus was in the process of breaking down and a shift was underway that offered an alternative to conventional wisdom and practices based on managing labour through temporary truces secured through collective bargaining. At first, only a few corporations (examples included General Electric, Hewlett Packard, and Eli Lilley) ...
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