The history of human resources management Human resources management is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organisation's most precious assets: the people who work there and who contribute individually and collectively to the achievement of the company's objective objectives. The terms "human resource management" and "human resources" (HR) have largely replaced the term "people management" as a description of the processes involved in managing people in organizations. Human resource management is evolving rapidly. Human resource management is both an academic theory and a business practice that addresses the theoretical and practical techniques of workforce management. (1) Human resource management has its roots in the late and early 1900s. When workers' jobs became less intensive and they worked more with machinery. The scientific management movement has begun. This movement was started by Frederick Taylor when he wrote a book about it called The Principles of Scientific Management. The book stated: “The main objective of management should be to ensure maximum prosperity for the employer, together with maximum prosperity for each employee.” (2) Taylor believed that management should use the techniques scientists use to research and test work. skills to improve workforce efficiency. The industrial welfare movement was also born in the same period. This was usually a voluntary effort by employers to improve conditions in their factories. The effort also extended to employees' lives outside of the workplace. The employer will attempt to provide employee assistance with purchasing a home, medical care, or education assistance. The human relations movement is the major influence of modern human resource management. The movement focused on how employees group employee behavior and feelings. This movement was influenced by the Hawthorne studies and the belief that employees worked better in a social system. By the late 1800s, personal problems were a very real concern in the workplace. For the average worker, most jobs were low-paid, monotonous, and unsafe. Some industries had difficulty recruiting and retaining employees due to the poor working conditions workers were exposed to. As the means of production continued to shift from farmland and corporations to city factories, concerns about wages, safety, child labor, and the 12-hour day grew. Workers began to unionize to protect their interests and improve living standards. The government intervened to guarantee fundamental rights and protections for workers.