ABSTRACT
To mark its seventy-fifth anniversary, Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc. (IRC) commissioned a study 1 to explore how the human resource (HR) function has changed over time. More importantly, the objective was to illuminate the path ahead. Historically, IRC has been concerned with (and contributed to) ways in which the HR field has shaped and reshaped itself in response to the changing demands of management, business, and the external environment.
