LEADER 04650nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910813087203321 005 20230721010209.0 010 $a0-8014-6166-9 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801461668 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035327 035 $a(OCoLC)732957162 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10468067 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538884 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369743 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538884 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10568359 035 $a(PQKB)10066311 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138188 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28827 035 $a(DE-B1597)535279 035 $a(OCoLC)1129181494 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801461668 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138188 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468067 035 $a(OCoLC)922998180 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035327 100 $a20080325d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aManaging the human factor$b[electronic resource] $ethe early years of human resource management in American industry /$fBruce E. Kaufman 210 $aIthaca $cILR Press/Cornell University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (391 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-4227-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-364) and index. 327 $aEarly human resource management : issues and themes -- Early human resource management : literature review -- The roots of the human resource management function -- The emergence of the human resource management function -- Human resource management in prosperity and depression -- Conclusion : insights and implications. 330 $aHuman resource departments are key components in the people management system of nearly every medium-to-large organization in the industrial world. They provide a wide range of essential services relating to employees, including recruitment, compensation, benefits, training, and labor relations. A century ago, however, before the concept of human resource management had been invented, the supervision and care of employees at even the largest companies were conducted without written policies or formal planning, and often in harsh, arbitrary, and counterproductive ways. How did companies such as United States Steel manage a workforce of 160,000 employees at dozens of plants without a specialized personnel or industrial relations department? What led some of these organizations to introduce human resources practices at the end of the nineteenth century? How were the earliest personnel departments structured and what were their responsibilities? And how did the theory and implementation of human resources management evolve, both within industry and as an academic field of research and teaching? In Managing the Human Factor, Bruce E. Kaufman chronicles the origins and early development of human resource management (HRM) in the United States from the 1870's, when the Labor Problem emerged as the nation's primary domestic policy concern, to 1933 and the start of the New Deal. Through new archival research, an extensive review and synthesis of the historical and contemporary literatures, and case studies illustrating best (and worst) practices during this period, Kaufman identifies the fourteen ideas, events, and movements that led to the creation of specialized HRM departments in the late 1910's, as well as their further growth and development into strategic business units in the welfare capitalism period of the 1920's.The research presented in this book not only uncovers many new aspects of the early development of personnel and industrial relations but also challenges central parts of the contemporary interpretation of the concept and evolution of HRM. Rich with insights on both the present and past of human resource management, Managing the Human Factor will be widely regarded as the definitive account of the early history of employee management in American companies and a must-read for all those interested in the indispensable function of managing people in organizations. 606 $aPersonnel management$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPersonnel management$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aPersonnel management$xHistory 615 0$aPersonnel management$xHistory 676 $a658.300973 700 $aKaufman$b Bruce E$0933084 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813087203321 996 $aManaging the human factor$94101679 997 $aUNINA