Human resources

Human resources is the set of individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy. "Human capital" is sometimes used synonymously with human resources, although human capital typically refers to a more narrow view (i.e., the knowledge the individuals embody and economic growth). Likewise, other terms sometimes used include "manpower", "talent", "labour", or simply "people".

Definition of staffing or personnel management

Staffing is a process of hiring, positioning and overseeing employees in an organisation.

Origins

Pioneering economist John R. Commons used the term "human resource" in his 1893 book The Distribution of Wealth but did not further build upon it. The term "human resource" was subsequently in use during the 1910s and 1920s as was the notion that workers could be seen as a kind of capital asset. Among scholars the first use of "human resources" in its modern form was in a 1958 report by economist E. Wight Bakke. The term began to become more developed in the 19th century due to misunderstandings between the employers and employees.

Human Resources (Non-Profit)

Human Resources is a non-profit exhibition and performance space located in Los Angeles's Chinatown. It has hosted a series of notable performance artists in the Los Angeles art scene.

History

Human Resources Los Angeles (HRLA) was founded by siblings Eric and Kathleen Kim in 2010. They were joined by three of their friends Giles Miller, Devin McNulty, and Dawn Kasper with the intent of featuring performance art over traditional static displays. Instead of being organized by a single curator HRLA utilizes a content programmer committee, organizing displays by consensus. The name "human resources" refers to the fact that the gallery is a resource for artists rather than an institutional setting. Doug Harvey, writing for The New York Times mentioned HRLA among the "D.I.Y. artist-run project spaces evolving into an art-world destination" in Chinatown, the "surprise flashpoint of Los Angeles's rise as an international art center."

In 2011 they moved out of from their original location, a small space at Bernard Street they shared with other artists, to their current location, a renovated movie theater only blocks away and five times larger than their prior location. The location's previous tenants, "Cottage Home," also exhibited art there. With white walls and a cement floor the location became both a work-in-progress and a blank canvas. At 4,000 square feet (370 m²), the location has been described as "cavernous." In the summer of 2013 HRLA hosted a benefit event headlined by Nao Bustamante and Narcissister to raise funds for further renovations like air conditioning.

Human Resources (film)

Human Resources (French: Ressources humaines) is a 1999 French-British film directed by Laurent Cantet. As the title implies, the subject of the film is the workplace and the personal difficulties that result from conflicts among management and labour, corporations and individuals. It stars Jalil Lespert. Most of the other actors are non-professionals. It won numerous international awards and was one of the featured films at the 2005 Traverse City Film Festival. It is available on DVD with English subtitles.

Plot

Set in Gaillon, Normandy, the movie tells the story of "good son" Franck (Jalil Lespert), who returns to his hometown to do a trainee managerial internship in the Human Resources department of the factory where his anxious, taciturn father has worked for 30 years. At first Franck is lauded by both friends and family for breaking through the glass ceiling and becoming "white-collar". But very soon hidden envy and rivalries erupt. Franck forms a friendship with Alain, a young worker whom his father has mentored. This mentoring in the blue-collar workforce is contrasted with the cagier, trust-less mentoring Franck receives in the white-collar world from his own supervisor, Chambon.