Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:17:53 -0500
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Excerpt:
or most of the 20th century, corporations got along just fine without
human resources departments. Instead, they had personnel managers who
found new employees and handled the welfare of those on payroll. Personnel
managers were pretty low on the corporate totem pole, quietly
administering a multitude of banal tasks.

But something began to change in the 1980s. With the arrival of
globalization and the Information Age, corporate stability gave way to
rapid, unpredictable change. Corporations no longer saw workers as loyal
partners and creative beings in a productive enterprise. Instead, they
became commoditized assets on a balance sheet to be acquired and discarded
to suit changing fortunes.

Meanwhile, corporations began to see the term \342\200\234personnel\342\200\235 as synonymous
with the support of employees and new workplace efficiency techniques such
as Six Sigma created a need for corporate compliance overseers. So, those
who were once responsible for advocating for employees were now embedded
with management, becoming cold wardens of the workplace.

The rebranding of \342\200\234personnel\342\200\235 to \342\200\234human resources\342\200\235 signaled that employees
were now resources to be managed like any other capital, such as finances,
office equipment and property. Like a copy machine, it suggested that
humans were to be used as much as possible and discarded when they wore
out or their usefulness came to an end.
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<http://www.salon.com/2015/02/24/your_hr_department_doesnt_give_a_damn_how_corporate_overseers_exploit_american_workers_partner/>

No, HR, the Guillotene is too humane for you. There's the trench, there's
the asphalt, and there's the steamroller.....

          mark