The purpose of this research is to shed light on how Human Resources (HR) transformed from a clerical, personnel administration function into a strategic partner that assists businesses in transforming into dynamic, high-performance organisations. Specifically, this will be accomplished by examining the historical progression of HR (HRD). In addition to this, it investigates the progression of HRD from both a theoretical and an applied point of view. The conceptual evolution and how it reflects the move from conventional organisational paradigms to developmental organisational paradigms will be investigated in this study. In the final section of this paper, we will investigate how modern High Performance Organizations (HPOs) could make use of HRD to address the strategic problems that are present in today's highly competitive corporate climate.
Key words: Strategy, Leveraging, Performance, Development, Innovation.
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