Introduction to Foundations of Human Resources Management

What you’ll learn to do: Discuss the foundations of human resource management

The practice of human resource management builds on over 100 years of management research and experimentation, including scientific management, administrative management and behavioral management theories. In this section, we’ll discuss these foundational theories and their applicability to human resource management in our current operating environment.

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