Abstract
Human Resource Management (HRM) is a critical organizational function, which has continued to evolve. We explore how different HRM will be in the workplace of the future and why, from both strategic and practical perspectives. We present and discuss core HRM practices such as recruitment, selection and training, as well as peripheral activities such as monitoring health and safety, and diversity management, reflecting on how they may transform in the workplace of the future. We discuss contemporary challenges of Artificial Intelligence, which we predict will lead to what we term Cyborging HRM. Following the SAMR model, we argue that, as a profession, HRM is at a crossroads at least in some practices and will have to undergo a revolutionary, rather than evolutionary transformation in order to remain necessary and valuable function for organizations. Elaboration of the SAMR model and implications of the future transformation of HRM to the organization, to management, and to wider society are presented.