This paper reports on a large scale survey into people management practices in the Victorian public healthcare
sector. We find that although Chief Executive Officers and Human Resource Directors are aware of strategic human
management and believe that they are practicing SHRM, functional managers are less optimistic. Overall respondents
reported the same barriers to the practice of SHRM including lack of funding and resources, and government support and
lack of specialist HRM knowledge and skills.
People First - Serving Our Stakeholders
8-11 December 2004, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand