Trends of the human resources management model in Brazilian companies: a forecast according to opinion leaders from the area

Author: Fischer André Luiz   de Albuquerque Lindolfo Galvão  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 1466-4399

Source: International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol.16, Iss.7, 2005-07, pp. : 1211-1227

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Abstract

This paper is the result of research carried out to identify trends of the human resources management model in Brazilian organizations. In order to do this, we employed a research methodology known as Delphi, which consists of gradually adjusting the perceptions of specialists. Respondents were selected using criteria that characterized them as opinion leaders in human resource management. Having consulted more than 160 people, we observed that themes such as the management of competences, corporate education and encouragement for organizational learning will be gradually assimilated by companies. One of our main conclusions is that the change process in human resources has ceased to be reactive. Data relating to changes that occurred during the 1980s and 1990s showed that the function concentrated on internal restructuring, on reducing the number of specialist employees, on encouraging the outsourcing of operational processes and on establishing a new model for looking after in-house customers.