Some of the significant changes that are likely to take place in the human resource management are as follows:
Increase in education levels : Due to technological progress and the spread of educational institutions workers will increasingly become aware of their higher level needs; managers will have to evolve appropriate policies and techniques to motivate the knowledge of workers. Better educated and organized workforce will demand greater discretion and autonomy at the work place.
Technological Developments: This will require retraining and mid-career training of both workers and managers. Rise of the international corporation is proving new challenges for personnel function.
Changing Composition of Work Force: In future, women and minority groups, SCs and STs would become an important source of man power in future on account of easy access to better educational and employment opportunities. Therefore manpower planning of every organization will have to take into consideration the potential availability of talent in these groups. Changing mix of the workforce will lead to new values in organizations.
Increasing Government Role: In India, personnel management has become much legalized. In future private organizations will have to co-ordinate their labour welfare programmes with those of the government private sector will be required increasingly to support government efforts for improving public health, education training and development and infrastructure.
Occupational Health And Safety: Due to legislative presence and trade union movement, personnel management will have to be more healthy and safety conscious in future.
Organizational Development : in future, change will have to be initiated and managed to improve organizational effectiveness. Top management will become more actively involved in the development of human resources.
New Work Ethic : Greater forces will be on project and team forms of