# Human Resources

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Category: Business
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:17:38.443Z
Tags: business, human, resources

## Summary

Human resources is the corporate function that hires, pays, develops, manages, and (sometimes) fires the people who do the work. It has been called welfare, personnel, industrial relations, human resources, and most recently people operations — each renaming reflecting a shift in how firms understand their relationship to labour. Key sections include: Human Resour ces.; Opening The function with many names.; Chapter I Welfare secretaries.; Chapter II The personnel era.; Chapter III The HR rebrand.; Chapter IV People operations.; Chapter V The Drucker debate.; Chapter VI The Schmidt-Hunter findings.; Chapter VII The structured interview.; Chapter VIII Performance management..

## Slide Outline

1. Human Resour ces.
2. Opening The function with many names.
3. Chapter I Welfare secretaries.
4. Chapter II The personnel era.
5. Chapter III The HR rebrand.
6. Chapter IV People operations.
7. Chapter V The Drucker debate.
8. Chapter VI The Schmidt-Hunter findings.
9. Chapter VII The structured interview.
10. Chapter VIII Performance management.
11. Chapter IX Compensation design.
12. Chapter X The talent supply chain.
13. Chapter XI Evidence-based management.
14. Chapter XII Engagement.
15. Chapter XIII Diversity, equity, inclusion.
16. Chapter XIV The HR-tech stack.
17. Chapter XV The Workday story.
18. Chapter XVI Recruiting.
19. Chapter XVII Retention.
20. Chapter XVIII Learning and development.
21. Chapter XIX The legal frame.
22. Chapter XX Layoffs.
23. Chapter XXI The remote-work shift.
24. Chapter XXII People analytics.
25. Chapter XXIII AI in the people function.
26. Chapter XXIV The CHRO role.
27. Chapter XXV The critics.
28. Chapter XXVI The shelf.
29. Chapter XXVII Watch & read.
30. Colophon

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