From Personnel Management to HRM: The Implications for Teaching

The organizational significance of the move from 'personnel to human resource management' has been extensively debated; but what implications does such a shift carry for teaching? This article tackles this question by exam ining four main aspects: competing value systems and perspectives; the man agement and business course contexts within which HRM is taught; the interface between teaching and research; and curriculum design. It is con cluded that while tutors still have considerable room for manoeuvre, HRM is merely one manifestation of a more powerful set of forces which will continue to impact upon educators and students in this area of study.