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The Third Helix: HRM and Gender Integration in Britain (1960s–1980s) -…
The Third Helix: HRM and Gender Integration in Britain (1960s–1980s)
Big picture
Technology, the economy, and gender changes combine to remake how organisations manage people
Technological strand
Automation and computing spread
Systems thinking and new managerial tools
Personnel becomes data-driven
Economic strand
Global competition and deindustrialisation
Inflation and corporate restructuring
Push for internal efficiency and adaptability
Social strand: gender and organisation
Feminisation of labour
Equal Pay Act 1970
Sex Discrimination Act 1975
Personnel role becomes professional HR with legal and procedural expertise
Fusion: corporate HR system (late 1970s–1980s)
Regulation handled as employment law inside firms
Representation handled via internal grievance, consultation, appraisal
Welfare handled via occupational health and training
Outcome: control and care unified under HR within the company
Systemic outcome
Old state–union dual system collapses inward
HR becomes a micro-state inside organisations
Gender, technology, and management science form a new DNA of work
Conflict is managed through metrics, appraisals, and policy