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What has caused the evolution of Human Resource Management (HRM) as a profession?

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An essay detailing why human resource management has evolved as a profession.

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Human resource management has progressed from theory to common practice because of two primary factors: proven results produced within the field and the legal environment of the modern workplace.

Over the course of its existence, human resource management began as a theory about how workers should be thought of and treated and how this underlying philosophy could and would help to motivate the employee and increase relative productivity. No longer should employers, it was thought, think of employees as mere assets. They were humans with feelings and personal concerns and only by ...

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