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1980’s, the birth of a new concept called ‘Human Resource
Management’ was born. This trend comes after an intense period
of Taylorisation, Fordism and now, McDonaldisation. HRM came to
counter balance these trends and to consider the concept of the
Man as a Man and not as a machine. For the last several decades,
the interests of companies in "strategic management" have
increased in a noteworthy way. This interest in strategic
management has resulted in various organizational functions
becoming more concerned with their role in the strategic
management process. The Human Resource Management (HRM) field
has sought to become integrated into the strategic management
process through the development of a new discipline referred to
as Strategic Resource Management (SHRM). In current literature,
the difference between SHRM and HRM is often unclear because of
the interconnections linking SHRM to