Claudia Milena Álvarez Giraldo

LA GESTIÓN HUMANA EN COLOMBIA: CARACTERÍSTICAS Y TENDENCIAS DE LA PRÁCTICA Y DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN

This analytical study briefly reviews the relationship between the modernization of business practices and human resource management in Colombia. It provides a description of the characteristics of human resource departments and practices, including a description of the labor market and employee relations consistent with human resource management. The last part discusses the generation of knowledge in this country, taking into account the three most relevant perspectives, namely, the sociological, humanist, and strategic perspectives, of which the latter links human resource departments and practices with the strategic objectives and goals of an organization, considering that its intangible assets are the main source of its sustainable competitive advantage.