## Abstract In the 1980s, a combination of economic and political factors led to the demand for greater accountability in all functional areas of business, including HR. The massive restructuring of organizations in the 1990s led to the outsourcing of many of HR's basic transactional functions. In
Is HR ready to take on the role of business partner?
β Scribed by Laura Sandstrom
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0745-7790
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