HCAD 710 EXAM 1 CHP 1-3 questions with correct answers

human resources - Answer Often shortened to HR HR - Answer may be referred to as a function.- Department is synonymous with being a function. -started as an employment office to free up managers responsibility of hiring employees and time. employment office origin - Answer - up until WWII people rarely changed jobs -in a small business hiring required little supervising time -need for employees arose as organization expanded -initially a part time clerk hired to help out with paperwork Employment office - Answer -became a fulltime position as work increased -clerks from many areas brought in to work in one place -supervisor appointed to oversee activities of clerks - this led to consistency in hiring practices first personnel managers - Answer supervisors of first employment offices paymaster - Answer worked for business units or departments. ensured employees were paid payroll - Answer paymasters grouped into single office as tasks and scope of position expanded. eventually assigned to personnel. now usually outsourced