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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS
Who are today's human resource managers? Given the rapid and dynamic changes that have characterized this field, it should come as no surprise that hu man resource managers represent a diverse set of professionals with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and career objectives. A human resource executive to day needs to understand different specialized areas, such as the legal environment, the process of changr management, labor relations, and so forth, In addition, con temporary human resource executives must also possess general management skills and abilities reflecting conceptual, diagnostic, and analytical skills. It is m portant that they fully understand thr role and importance of the human resource function for their organization. hus, both a solid educational background and a foundation of experience are necessary prerequisites for success." Consistent with these changes it is offen more useful to conceptualize human resources as a center of expertise within the organization. That is, everyone in the organization should recognize human resource managers as the firm's most critical source of information about employment practices, employee behavior, labor re lations, and the effective management of all aspects of people at work, This view of human resource management is illustrated in Figure 1.5, which builds upon the tems view of human resource management presented earlier in Figure 1.2