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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by DaiPlusPlus on Sunday April 12, 2020 @11:46PM (#22853006)
Honestly, that's a much better name than "Human Resources" - where did "HR" come from anyway?
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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by eru on Monday April 13, 2020 @12:47AM (#22853254)
Wikipedia has got you covered: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_resources#Origins_of_the...

They also have 'Concerns about the terminology' as the next section.

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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by tareqak on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:44AM (#22853680)
Anyone have any suggestions for a better name? Human Capital?
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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by goatinaboat on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:14AM (#22853778)
No, “Human Resources” is an accurate description of the view a company’s senior management has of its workers. Something to be used up and then discarded, like a cartridge of printer toner.
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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by rmdashrfstar on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:08AM (#22854237)
How bleak an idea.
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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by kitotik on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:51AM (#22853932)
I was going suggest “Pleb Management” but the acronym “PM” is already overused between Product/Program/Project Management.
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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by zw123456 on Monday April 13, 2020 @08:02PM (#22861517)
Management Ass Covering is the most accurate name.
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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by PopeDotNinja on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:13AM (#22854254)
Talent Retention.
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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by eru on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @04:56AM (#22863916)
That's not really what they do in practice.

Personnel department perhaps? It's nice and bland.

(It's just a direct translation of the German Personalabteilung.)

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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by PopeDotNinja on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:26AM (#22865023)
It more a reflection of what I'd like them to do.
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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by eru on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:00AM (#22865308)
They are doing a bit of that as well. Though Talent Retention is more of a job for line management.

A big part of HR is ass covering for the company. And I don't say that (purely) in a negative way: it is good and important for companies to have a structure for you to raise certain complaints independent of your line management.

Just keep in mind that HR's loyalty is to the company. Not to you nor in general your line manager.

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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by tiny_epoch on Monday April 13, 2020 @12:25AM (#22853168)
The need to conflate humans with resources so the C-level can exploit them without too much thought.
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