A Changing Frontier: Technology Affecting Human Resources Management (includes executive summary, bibliography, parenthetical documentation, and table of contents)

::BEGIN MAIN BODY:: A Changing Frontier =================== Human Resources Management is an area that is constantly growing and changing to meet the new demands and challenges of a forever-evolving work force. What was once labeled "personnel" and associated with a reputation for being highly administrative and dealing solely with lots of paperwork, the field has transformed itself into the strategic entity it is today. The changes, however, haven't stopped there. While bringing both pros and cons …

…can now find, review, and alter their own information without having to go through the human resources department. This saves all parties involved both time and paperwork. Overall, here is the impression I walked away with: As with anything in life, this situation has both positive and negative aspects to consider. Never will something new be free from negative repercussions. Nonetheless, the severity of the repercussions here is not scathing enough to outweigh the benefits.