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The challenge of the 80’s was seen as effectively linking human resource planning to business planning and strategic activities (Burack, 1986). The current literature offers the same prescription for organizations which want to be able to survive the accelerating change and instability of the business environment going into the 1990’s.
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Danner, D.W. (1991). Powerful Partnerships: Linkages between HR and Strategic Business Activities in the Delaware Valley. In: Niehaus, R.J., Price, K.F. (eds) Bottom Line Results from Strategic Human Resource Planning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9539-4_5
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