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This 10 page paper discusses the way that terminology in the field of human resources has changed. The paper starts by identifying changes which have occurred, such as shift from personnel management to human resources management, and then discusses the meaning behind the change, looking at how and why the changes have occurred and the impact this may have on perception. The bibliography cites 16 sources.
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(HR) department, in many companies taking on a strategic as well as an administrative role. An interesting phenomenon that has accompanied these changes has been the revisiting on terms used
in the practice of HR. These are wide ranging, one of the first shifts was seen in the 1980s when the term personnel management was replaced by human resource management
(HRM). Other changes have also been seen, in the twenty-first century there have been other moves, with names changes to the department including terms such as talent management and
human capital department (Crisp, 2008). It is not only the way that the department is referred to, other terms have also changed and evolved, HR department head names have become
more diverse, they may be referred to as a chief people manager (Crisp, 2008) or a human capital management , as well as other terms (Personnel Today, 2007). Diversity management
is also a relativity new term, which is generally interpreted as going beyond the anti-discrimination term on which it expands, disabled workers may be referred to as differently abled migrant
workers may now be referred to guest workers. The list can continue. However, while there have been changes in terms one issues that is worthy of consideration is to assess
why there have been changes and how these may either reflect or create different perceptions concerning those terms. In some cases the changes may be seen as reflecting changes in
the roles and tasks, or reflecting social shifts in values. In other cases the changes may be a form of double speak undertaken with the aim of shifting or changing
a perception (Lutz, 1996). One of the first major term changes was the move from personnel management to human resources. In hindsight the change appears to reflect the change the
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