Human resource management in Australia - Prospects for the twenty-first century

In Australia, globalization, together with economic and political developments internal to the country, has resulted in deregulation of the former institution-based system of industrial relations. The labor force is now more qualified, casualised and diverse than at any previous point in history. Human resource (HR) practitioners have responded by placing greater emphasis on aligning HR strategy with corporate strategy, devoting greater effort to performance management and exploring new forms of flexible work arrangements, increasing their reliance on legal expertise, and increasing their adoption of computerized HR management systems.