The Human Resource Department

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This paper explains that, since the human resource department often makes the rules, it needs to be sure that these rules are the most current, given that local, state and federal laws change frequently. The author points out that generational differences and the way that individuals are being taught are affecting how human resource departments react to and deal with issues that they had previously not suspected would concern them. The paper stresses that, if no trust exists between the human resource department and the employees at all levels, violations of ethics and other problems will often go unreported for fear of losing one's job, which, in turn, will greatly lower the quality of work life (QWL), which employees want and deserve.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
What is the Human Resource Department?
How Human Resource Personnel Affect the Company's QWL
History and the Human Resource Department
Human Resources and Changing Times
The Bridge between Employer and Employee
Affirmative Action and Discrimination
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"There have been different eras in politics throughout the years that this country has been around. Politics often greatly affects the Human Resource department of any company because it affects the rules and regulations that companies have to abide by. The poor reaction to Big Government that was going on in the 1980s is only one example of the political upheavals that have been faced in the not too far distant past. It may seem odd that what happens in the political arena would affect what happens in the Human Resource departments of companies."

Sample of Sources Used:

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