HR & BUSINESS : Pursuit of happiness The term ‘Employee Engagement’ does not bring too many inspiring thoughts in my mind. Rather, it has a certain operational connotation, a contractual form, a meaning which implies that the responsibility is more with one party and that party can deploy several methods or gimmicks to enhance the engagement factor. The same feeling holds true when it comes to the term ‘Human Resources’, which more or less implies treating people as resources. I find the concept rather insulting or demeaning. About 13 years ago, I had discussed this with Prof. Henry Mintzberg, and he agreed with me. He said the term ‘Personnel’ is better than Human Resources. Personnel merely means plural of ‘person’ and does not imply anything else. It is not just an issue of semantics - but conveying what we mean by a particular term Read More... humancapitalonline
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:29:44 +0000
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