Evaluation of Human Resource Management

Period Before Industrial Revolution: 

At the early ages, we had kind of an agriculture-based economy with fewer communication channels and limited production. On those days these economies are mainly limited within the village. one master was there to assist all the followers in this small community.

Period of Industry Revolution (1750-1850): 

With the conversion of the economy from agriculture based to industry based, the term industrial revolution came into action. Communication has increased and it led to expanding the economy throughout the world using an industry setup. Since the growth of the industry, a separate department was introduced to look into workers wages, welfare, and other issues. This led to the emergence of personnel management with the major task as   

•  Worker’s wages and salaries
•  Worker’s record maintenance
• Worker’s housing facility and health care

The growth of labor union was one of the most important facts of the industrial revolution. “The workers working in the industries or factories were asked to work for long hours under very fewer wages with growing unrest. Due to these reasons workers across the world start to protest and this led to the start of the labor unions. “ (Mind Tools Content Team, 2019) To deal with the labor issues like these, a department called “Industrial relation department” emerged. It acted as the link between manages and the labors.

Post Industrial Revolution:  

After 1850’s, there were some major studies and experiments carried out and term “Human Resource Management” hence given by a new meaning importance.

Major theories released during this period:

1.  Frederick W. Taylor gave principles of scientific management (1857 o 1911).
2. Hawthorne studies, conducted by Elton Mayo & Fritz Roethlisberger (1927 to 1940). (Anon., 2019)
3. Douglas McGregor Theory X and Theory Y (1960). (Mulder, 2015)

Strategic Human Resource Management:

Human resource management has become increasingly critical role today. Main reason behind this is the improvement of technology and knowledge-based industries. HRMs major accomplishment is it helps in aligning the individual goals and objectives with the cooperate goals and objectives. In Strategic Human Resource management, it focuses on actions that differentiate the organization from its competitors and target to make long term impact on the success of the business and the organization.

What Next?

from the next post, we will have a look into some HRM theories and how we can apply those into the real world.

References

Anon., 2019. Lumen. [Online]
Available at: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/baycollege-introbusiness/chapter/video-hawthorne-studies-at-att/
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Mind Tools Content Team, 2019. MindTools. [Online]
Available at: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_Taylor.htm
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Mulder, P., 2015. Toolshero. [Online]
Available at: https://www.toolshero.com/leadership/mcgregor-theory/
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