HIST113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: London Life Insurance Company
2 Mar 2016
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Inventing labour problems and solutions: the emergence of human resource management in canada, 1900-1945 . Followed a pattern of science building : delimitation of its theoretical body of knowledge, appearance of its first professional practitioners, creation of an institutional basis for propagation and dissemination. Workers were conceived/treated the same way as the bags of coal that arrived at the factory gates each day. Changes: creating a spirit of cooperation b/w workers and management. What is the best way for business firms to reduce labour and generate higher economic growth: reorganize their operations on a more scientific basis. Determination of income/benefits of each worker based on individual productivity of the firm. Productivity of the firm should be focused under control of management. School system personnel management began to evolve. Report: royal commission on industrial training and technical education (or the commission on industrial: widened in terms of total % of students enrolled and avg time each student spent in school.
