From Resource to Human Being

From Resource to Human Being

Modern human resource management (HRM) has been found to be unsatisfactory as a model and as a praxis concerning human beings in organizations. This article proposes a conceptual change from resource to human being, which we define as “persons management.” After addressing what a person is (a subjec...

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Main Authors: Michel Fortier, Marie-Noëlle Albert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-09-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015604347
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spelling doaj-d516818054914b078e4d60d1f754e6db2020-11-25T03:45:23ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402015-09-01510.1177/215824401560434710.1177_2158244015604347From Resource to Human BeingMichel Fortier0Marie-Noëlle Albert1Université du Québec à Rimouski, CanadaUniversité du Québec à Rimouski, CanadaModern human resource management (HRM) has been found to be unsatisfactory as a model and as a praxis concerning human beings in organizations. This article proposes a conceptual change from resource to human being, which we define as “persons management.” After addressing what a person is (a subject navigating between individualism and collectivism; a creative, ethical, and complex being), this text examines how persons can be managed, remembering that persons manage persons. In a dialogical sense, they can help each other and work together, even if they are adversaries. In that sense, persons management must strive to be sustainable at the human, organizational, and environmental levels. We examine certain theoretical and conceptual aspects implied by this restructuring of the field.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015604347
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description Modern human resource management (HRM) has been found to be unsatisfactory as a model and as a praxis concerning human beings in organizations. This article proposes a conceptual change from resource to human being, which we define as “persons management.” After addressing what a person is (a subject navigating between individualism and collectivism; a creative, ethical, and complex being), this text examines how persons can be managed, remembering that persons manage persons. In a dialogical sense, they can help each other and work together, even if they are adversaries. In that sense, persons management must strive to be sustainable at the human, organizational, and environmental levels. We examine certain theoretical and conceptual aspects implied by this restructuring of the field.
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