C/HR/69. Critical overview of New Challenges set to HRM by Globalisation, Postmodernism and Post-Bureaucratic Organisations

The paper is constructed in wide angle academic discussion of globalisation Ï its roots, influences, drivers, reasons, etc. Moreover, it links globalisation with culture and particular focus upon significance of cultural diversity, discussing their ultimate role and influence within the patterns of globalisation. Furthermore, the paper defines and discusses the concept of postmodernism in the light of the contemporary society, engaging in detailed comparison and contrasting exercise of postmodernism with modernism. Finally, report clarifies the transformation of bureaucratic organisations into post-bureaucratic ones, highlighting the implications and challenges for the contemporary HRM as well as ordinary individuals.