@JeannethCupas,
The Human Resource Management function is a crucial part of management within organizations, made more so by globalization,
competition and the changing nature of the work. The HRM functions are all the activities and processes involved with the management and development
(contractual and legal) of people in an organization from the period of hiring or acquisition and retention to the point of exit. However, the Paradox of the HRM Function as what Becker, Huselid, Pickus & Spratt (1997) exemplified is that the HRM function is at a cross road. One end represents the
crises situation of the function to justify itself and confronted with the prospect that a significant portion of its traditional activities will be outsourced. The other hand is focused on the opportunities that can be derived when the HRM system is seen as a source of strategic asset.