"Human resource"
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 "Human resource"  (polarising perspective)   | |
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| Abbreviation | HR |
The phrase "human resource" is used to refer to employees, real or prospective.
Contents
Origins
German (Prussian)?[citation needed] "Staff management" has been replaced by "HR management".
Usage
John Taylor Gatto was very critical of the phrase "human resources".
Gender
Ivan Illich wrote in Gender that an important step in establishing capitalism is the erasure of local ideas about the distinct activities for males and females, their homogenisation into a group term such as "human" (or "worker").
Connotations
Whereas "worker" refers unambiguously to a person, the phase "resource" creates different frames, which propitiate exploitation.
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