From the course: HR and Digital Transformation
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A quick history of HR's evolution
From the course: HR and Digital Transformation
A quick history of HR's evolution
- Let's take a quick look at the history of HR's evolution over the past few decades. Now, HR stands for human resource, and I think that says a lot about what HR is. HR has always been responsible making sure that human capital, that people, are available to be able to do the work that the organization needs to get done. So people were treated like a resource, like steel or firewood or any other resource that's available. And so HR has always been about very transactional processes. Let's make sure we hire, train, and retain people. Now the dirty little secret about all of this is that HR was also responsible for risk mitigation, to make sure that things don't go wrong. So when they bring those resources in, they don't say things they shouldn't do, they don't take actions that could get the company in trouble. But now, today, HR has a very different role. Because people have so many choices, they can go work anywhere they want, HR now is responsible having a relationship with…
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