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HRIR Midterm 1Weeks One and Two: - correct answer ✔✔HR Overview, Trends, and Strategy
What are the origins of human resources? How has HR evolved over the last century? How has the
workplace changed and the perception of worker value? - correct answer ✔✔Pre-Industrial Revolution:
(Autonomy, self mgmt, flexible hours, work @ home in small gaps, household income)
Post-Industrial: (No autonomy, no self mgmt, inflexible hours, commute to large, noisy, workplace,
individual income)
Industrial: Hard, unsafe labor-kids in the workplace-steam driven factories-low skilled employees-
working class, 80% of society, little power
Led to:
Concerns about conditions, workers banded together in unions, unrest-> strikes ->
What happened with the Triangle factory fire, and how has that affected the workplace? - correct
answer ✔✔The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest
industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in US history. The fire caused the
deaths of 146 garment workers - 123 women and 23 men[1] - who died from the fire, smoke inhalation,
or falling or jumping to their deaths.
The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), which fought for better working conditions for
sweatshop workers.
Led to first HR Departments in the US
What was the human relations movement and the Hawthorne studies? Who is Elton Mayo? - correct
answer ✔✔Elton Mayo, Hawthorne Studies & Human Relations Movement
, Mental attitudes, proper supervision, and informal social relationships experienced in a group were key
to productivity and job satisfaction
Prior to this, what was the prevailing management philosophy?
Moving away from scientific management
One of Mayo's (1924) earliest research efforts involved workers at a Philadelphia textile mill.[12] The
mill had been experiencing a high rate of turnover. Mayo believed that the repetitive work in the
spinning department gave rise to mental abnormalities in the workers. He found that the introduction of
rest periods helped reduce turnover. The research helped make Mayo more widely known in the U.S.[4]
Mayo helped to lay the foundation for the human relations movement, and was known for his industrial
research including the Hawthorne Studies and his book The Human Problems of an Industrialized
Civilization (1933).[13] The research he conducted under the rubric of the Hawthorne Studies in the late
1920s and early 1930s, underlining the importance of groups in affecting the behaviour of individuals at
work.
Define human resource management and explain how HRM contributes to organization's performance. -
correct answer ✔✔Human Resource Management (HRM): The policies, practices, and systems that
influence employees' behavior, attitudes, and performance. "People practices"
What is human capital? What are different types of human capital? How does human capital provide a
competitive advantage? - correct answer ✔✔Human Capital: An organization's employees, described in
terms of their training, experience, judgment, intelligence, relationships, and insight. (Employee
characteristics that can add economic value to the organization)
Types of human capital:
-Training
-Experience
-Judgment
-Intelligence
-Relationships
-Insight
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