The Roles of Human Resource Management in 4.0 Era.

Abstract

          “Man” is regarded as an invaluable asset of the organization driving toward organizational survival and growth in 4.0 era. This article attempts to elaborate on the roles of human resource management in the future through the analysis and synthesis of related documents regarding Thailand 4.0 and human resource management theories. During this transitional period, the human resource management deems necessary to drive through the body of knowledge, creativity, innovation, and technology thus focusing on the happiness of the employees by granting them with support, promotion, and development to achieve the higher skill levels capable of working in conjunction with emerging technology. The human resource manager, who manages employees, and encourages the competencies development for parties of all lines in the organization, therefore necessitates the changes in the working styles from reactive conventional roles overseeing rules and regulations to those of professional proactive style. The new roles require flexibility in
working with diversified groups in the organization, readiness in self-adaptation, change of the mindset and
acceptance to change, and knowledgeability in new technology to maximize the ultimate benefits of the
organization.