JMGT_V1_N2_RP3 Michael J.R. Butler Journal on Management 2230 – 715X 1 2 57 69 change process, Human resource management, integrating HR, culture of an organization I maintain that ideas are events. It is more difficult to make them interesting I know, but if you fail the style is at fault. (Gustave Flaubert: Letter to Louise Colet) (15 January 1853) Human resource management (HRM) is now being seen as a strategic activity. This recognises that change processes must include the management of human resources as part of an integrated approach to strategy. Without also linking management development and business strategy, change will not stick and organisations will not develop. Contributing to the debate about integrating HR and other strategies, including linking management development and business strategy, this paper develops a new Generic Management Typology of co-existing management philosophies in order to help change agents diagnose the culture of an organisation and to modify that culture. The typology is derived from reflecting on research about the global transformation of public service organisations over the last twenty-five years. September - November 2006 Copyright © 2006 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=398