Executive Summary Today's organizations are undergoing rapid change. No more so than in the area of the human resource. Organizations are becoming more diverse in respect of the staff employed: issues such as race, gender, culture and age confront the general manager. The management of people within an organization is considered a strategic function rather than the responsibility of one particular functional area of the organization. Managers with the responsibility for staffing and personnel are …showed first 75 words of 6545 total…

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