l department, but Human Resource Management (HRM) has some distinctive features. It origins have been the success of the Japanese at managing employees, even though their firms rarely have personnel department, so HRM represent a rethink by personnel professionals. It also places greater emphasis on development through training and career planning. HRM hopefully has the potential to persuade allHuman Resource management is definitely one of the most important branches of any organizations. In this article I will discuss how hr principles can be implemented on practice using Xerox as an example of the successful strategy realization.

In the 1980's the concept of Human Resource Management (HRM) took the management world by storm, and has represented a major change thereafter in the way personnel has been managed in Britain. The terminology of HRM emerged in America first, where the political climate, partnered with the decline of the union movement, allowed managers to experiment with new ideas and concepts associated personnel management. This led managers to look for new ideas and workplace practices around the world, focusing mainly on the positive example that was coming from the "Tiger Economies", in particular Japan. Japanese companies at the time were a good example for their western counterparts, achieving strong economic success coupled with highly committed employees and high levels of employee satisfaction.

There is no universally accepted definition of human resource management; however most people are inclined to suggest that "its core principles challenge both the traditional practice of personnel management in Britain, and the traditional focus of academic industrial relations on collective employee relations"(Hollinshead et al. 1999 pg8) Human resource management is the responsibility of using and developing the organisation's personnel in the most productive way. This appears to be little more than restating the role of the personnel department, but Human Resource Management (HRM) has some distinctive features. It origins have been the success of the Japanese at managing employees, even though their firms rarely have personnel department, so HRM represent a rethink by personnel professionals. It also places greater emphasis on development through training and career planning. HRM hopefully has the potential to persuade all

y personnel has been managed in Britain. The terminology of HRM emerged in America first, where the political climate, partnered with the decline of the union movement, allowed managers to experiment with new ideas and concepts associated personnel management. This led managers to look for new ideas and workplace practices around the world, focusing mainly on the positive example that was coming from the "Tiger Economies", in particular Japan. Japanese companies at the time were a good example for their western counterparts, achieving strong economic success coupled with highly committed employees and high levels of employee satisfaction.

There is no universally accepted definition of human resource management; however most people are inclined to suggest that "its core principles challenge both the traditional practice of personnel management in Britain, and the traditional focus of academic industrial relations on collective employee relations"(Hollinshead et al. 1999 pg8) Human resource management is the responsibility of using and developing the organisation's personnel in the most productive way. This appears to be little more than restating the role of the personnel department, but Human Resource Management (HRM) has some distinctive features. It origins have been the success of the Japanese at managing employees, even though their firms rarely have personnel department, so HRM represent a rethink by personnel professionals. It also places greater emphasis on development through training and career planning. HRM hopefully has the potential to persuade all

from the "Tiger Economies", in particular Japan. Japanese companies at the time were a good example for their western counterparts, achieving strong economic success coupled with highly committed employees and high levels of employee satisfaction.

There is no universally accepted definition of human resource management; however most people are inclined to suggest that "its core principles challenge both the traditional practice of personnel management in Britain, and the traditional focus of academic industrial relations on collective employee relations"(Hollinshead et al. 1999 pg8) Human resource management is the responsibility of using and developing the organisation's personnel in the most productive way. This appears to be little more than restating the role of the personnel department, but Human Resource Management (HRM) has some distinctive features. It origins have been the success of the Japanese at managing employees, even though their firms rarely have personnel department, so HRM represent a rethink by personnel professionals. It also places greater emphasis on development through training and career planning. HRM hopefully has the potential to persuade all

challenge both the traditional practice of personnel management in Britain, and the traditional focus of academic industrial relations on collective employee relations"(Hollinshead et al. 1999 pg8) Human resource management is the responsibility of using and developing the organisation's personnel in the most productive way. This appears to be little more than restating the role of the personnel department, but Human Resource Management (HRM) has some distinctive features. It origins have been the success of the Japanese at managing employees, even though their firms rarely have personnel department, so HRM represent a rethink by personnel professionals. It also places greater emphasis on development through training and career planning. HRM hopefully has the potential to persuade alll department, but Human Resource Management (HRM) has some distinctive features. It origins have been the success of the Japanese at managing employees, even though their firms rarely have personnel department, so HRM represent a rethink by personnel professionals. It also places greater emphasis on development through training and career planning. HRM hopefully has the potential to persuade all managers that the development of their human resources is their job, not that of the personnel department.

HRM is a resource-centred style of management, which focuses predominantly on managements needs for human resources (not necessarily employees) to be provided and deployed. It focuses on planning, monitoring and control rather than mediation, hoping that problem solving is dealt with though other members of management on human resource issues rather than directly with employees or their representative.

In order for a company's HRM policy to be successful it is very important that the company establishes direct links between its human resource policies and its broader corporate goals. Therefore it is essential for a company to have a good human resource strategy. In 1994 Henry Mintzberg stated that 'the most successful strategies are visions, not plans', Mintzberg identifies the role of planning in terms of programming the 'strategic vision', and also in terms of providing information that stimulates the 'visioning process'.

Increasingly, in modern day management, there is a need for organisations to combine the processes involved in planning the numbers and skills of employees. This is done through trying to affect employee behaviour and organisational culture, organisational design and the make up of individual jobs, through the creation of formal and informal work systems. These aspects are all critical in moulding individual employees behaviour and achieving the company's vision. Planning an HRM strategy is different for every organisation