Human Resources Administration

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Human Resource Administration

1 .0 Introduction

Human resource management is defined by many functions among them being identifying the staffing needs in a firm , strategies to apply in meeting the needs which varies from using independent contractors to employees selecting and instructing employees who are up to the standards of a company , and making sure that the organization and processes match the strategies of the given firm . Human resource administration (HRA ) is a new field that

was in practice since 1950 's . It is described as the activities that are carried out in management of persons in a company (Taylor , 1967

Three movements that have influenced the HRA include the human relations , behavioral science and scientific management . The scientific management movement was proposed by Frederick Winslow Taylor between the early 1900 and 1920 . The theory focuses on the aspect that the best way to be efficient in production is to perfect the methods used by employees . The leader should emphasize on the company 's needs and not of an individual employee , hence the theory was criticized that it undermined the workers needs and yet it is meant to benefit them

2 .0 History of Human Resource administration

The human relations movement was proposed by Mary Parker Follett between the 1920 's and 1930 's . Its focus was on the human aspect in an organization market industries suffer from `loss of empathy and community feeling ' hence workers tend to fulfill this...