Traditional HR Practices vis-à-vis New Age HR Practices
Traditional HR Practices vis-à-vis New Age HR Practices – A brief citation With the unprecedented growth and development of the labour oriented industries all around the world post 1920, more emphasis was given to welfare and betterment of labours/workers. Initially, the concept of Welfare Officer was statutorily introduced to address various issues related to workers in an industry and to act as a communication bridge between the workers and the management. In course of time, the scope of such concept was further broadened and from the concept of mere ‘ Welfare Functions ’ to ‘ Personnel Functions ’ originated. With the advent of Industrial Revolution in post millennium decades, the word ‘Personnel’ was further replaced with the concept of HR accentuating on the need to treat people as a resource rather than mere manpower to run the business. At Present, with the paradigm shift transpired in overall business functions, strategies, competitiveness, policies of Govt., etc., the term