Tuesday, June 28, 2011

HR Specialist asks: What's in a name?

I am always surprised by the transformation that takes place when we use certain words to describe things. The first one was when Personnel became Human. I loved it and thought it was a great move, because we were dealing with human beings not things and it gave me a sense of being professional like the finance people. We then called ourselves Human Resources and that started a change in what we had been - people seemed to have gone missing again. However, we have been with this for about 15 years and we still have not managed the transition to being a real strategic partner to the business or seen as real professionals. Why is that?
More: http://hr.toolbox.com/blogs/humans-and-capital/humans-as-capital-all-in-a-name-46933?reftrk=no

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