In this chapter there is an overview of theoretical background to the researched phenomena of HR management. By starting to look into HR management from historical perspective, it will be possible to get ideas and understanding of the presetting for the next area of focus of this research – corporate university. Several important components are also looked in closely, such as academic definitions of HR, key trends in HR in 2015, specifics of Russian HR management, and address the issue of how HR activities benefit the organization and its overall alignment with business.
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In chapter 3, a concept of Corporate university is reviewed from different angles. As in the previous chapter, a connection to business is made, a history of origin is traced and theoretical explanations of stages of development and main features of corporate universities are consolidated. It is important to not only to look closely into the concept, but also to consider the phenomenon in the environment, which is relevant for the research goals. Training needs assessment strategies and effective measurement are considered in focus, as it will help to contribute to a better realization of research objective.
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Industrialized large modern corporations displaced early patterns of family ownership and management styles in favour of large functional forms and, later, multidivisional forms of organization. These 'modem' forms of organization relied heavily on bureaucracy and principles of scientific management, where officials were no longer family members. HRD is rooted in a historical context of management practices, which remain recognizable to some degree today. Four main stages in the 20th-century history of HRD are recognizable from the United States and United