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Estudios Gerenciales
Print version ISSN 0123-5923
Abstract
CALDERON HERNANDEZ, GREGORIO; NARANJO VALENCIA, JULIA CLEMENCIA and ALVAREZ GIRALDO, CLAUDIA MILENA. Human resource management in Colombia: characteristics and trends of practices and research. estud.gerenc. [online]. 2007, vol.23, n.103, pp.39-64. ISSN 0123-5923.
This analytical study briefly reviews the relationship between the modernization of business practices and human resource management in Colombia. It provides a description of the characteristics of human resource departments and practices, including a description of the labor market and employee relations consistent with human resource management. The last part discusses the generation of knowledge in this country, taking into account the three most relevant perspectives, namely, the sociological, humanist, and strategic perspectives, of which the latter links human resource departments and practices with the strategic objectives and goals of an organization, considering that its intangible assets are the main source of its sustainable competitive advantage.
Keywords : Business modernization; labor market; employment relations; human talent; human resource management; human resource management practices.