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Human Resources is often shorten as - ANSWER HR
HR may be referred to as.. - ANSWER A function denoting a subunit within a larger
organization
Human Resources Department is synonymous with - ANSWER an HR Function
What did HR start as and what did it do - ANSWER it was an employment office that
relived managers of the responsibility of hiring employees and freed up time for them
Did people up to the first world war infrequently change jobs? - ANSWER yes
What happened as organizations expanded - ANSWER the need for employees
required increasing the amount of time
Part time clerks were hired to help out with paperwork but what happened as the work
increased - ANSWER They became full time workers
What led to consistency in the hiring practices - ANSWER bringing in clerks from many
areas of an organization into a single location and have a supervisor oversee them.
What happened when supervisors acquired additional duties and the volume of work
increased. - ANSWER they became the first personnel managers
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, who was responsible for employees to receive pay - ANSWER A paymasters
What happened with paymasters - ANSWER in time the scope and task expanded like
HR, all paymasters were grouped into a single office called payroll which in time would be
assigned to personnel
the task of withholding became a HR operation when - ANSWER Payroll was assigned
to Personnel
Are payroll operations now commonly outsourced - ANSWER Yes
What are fringe benefits? - ANSWER Additional benefits (e.g. pension, health
insurance, car etc.) to entice workers to stay with companies.
Who was in charge of administering fringe benefits - ANSWER Personnel
What expanded opportunities for employees to form unions - ANSWER The National
Labor Relations and Wagner Acts
Who's responsibility was it for complying with legal requirements related to unions -
ANSWER Personnel
Why was the title Personnel replaced with Human Resources - ANSWER in recognition
of growing and complex responsibilities related to employees
HR Managers are often paid less than organizational peers - ANSWER True
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Human Resources is often shorten as - ANSWER HR
HR may be referred to as.. - ANSWER A function denoting a subunit within a larger
organization
Human Resources Department is synonymous with - ANSWER an HR Function
What did HR start as and what did it do - ANSWER it was an employment office that
relived managers of the responsibility of hiring employees and freed up time for them
Did people up to the first world war infrequently change jobs? - ANSWER yes
What happened as organizations expanded - ANSWER the need for employees
required increasing the amount of time
Part time clerks were hired to help out with paperwork but what happened as the work
increased - ANSWER They became full time workers
What led to consistency in the hiring practices - ANSWER bringing in clerks from many
areas of an organization into a single location and have a supervisor oversee them.
What happened when supervisors acquired additional duties and the volume of work
increased. - ANSWER they became the first personnel managers
1
, who was responsible for employees to receive pay - ANSWER A paymasters
What happened with paymasters - ANSWER in time the scope and task expanded like
HR, all paymasters were grouped into a single office called payroll which in time would be
assigned to personnel
the task of withholding became a HR operation when - ANSWER Payroll was assigned
to Personnel
Are payroll operations now commonly outsourced - ANSWER Yes
What are fringe benefits? - ANSWER Additional benefits (e.g. pension, health
insurance, car etc.) to entice workers to stay with companies.
Who was in charge of administering fringe benefits - ANSWER Personnel
What expanded opportunities for employees to form unions - ANSWER The National
Labor Relations and Wagner Acts
Who's responsibility was it for complying with legal requirements related to unions -
ANSWER Personnel
Why was the title Personnel replaced with Human Resources - ANSWER in recognition
of growing and complex responsibilities related to employees
HR Managers are often paid less than organizational peers - ANSWER True
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