The breakdown of the workplace ‘family’ and the rise of personnel management within an Australian financial institution 1950–1980

Monica J. Keneley

Business History, 2017, vol. 59, issue 2, 250-267

Abstract: The management of its people defines the way in which an organisation develops the capabilities to successfully compete in the market environment. Since the 1950s, approaches to staff management have evolved from traditional bureaucratic foundations to strategic planning exercises. This article uses a case study approach to investigate the way in which the process of organisational learning evolved in the development of personnel management practices. It suggests that although old and new practices were often overlaid on each other, ‘bridges’ developed which allowed the progressive development of new managerial processes.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2016.1179286

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