Definition:
Human Resources Management's (HRM) origins came from the USA in the 1950's and gained a wide recognition in the beginning of the 1980s. HRM evolved due to pressures in product markets in USA during the recession of 1980-82 and because of the need to create a work situation free of conflict in which both employees and employer worked towards the same goal. A few of the first companies to implement HRM in their management system were HP and IBM who consequently did not have trade unions practices implemented into their companies (Guest, 1989).
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