human resourcesn.

Brit.

/ˌhjuːmən rᵻˈzɔːsᵻz/,

/ˌhjuːmən rᵻˈsɔːsᵻz/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)jumən ˈriˌsɔrsəz/,

/ˌ(h)jumən ˈriˌzɔrsəz/,

/ˌ(h)jumən rəˈsɔrsəz/,

/ˌ(h)jumən rəˈzɔrsəz/,

/ˌ(h)jumən riˈsɔrsəz/,

/ˌ(h)jumən riˈzɔrsəz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: human adj., resource n.

Etymology: < human adj. + the plural of resource n.

1. People (esp. personnel or workers) regarded as an asset of a business or other organization (as contrasted with material or financial resources). In attributive use also occasionally in singular.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources > consisting of people

human resources1915

manpower1917

man-strength1931

peopleware1974

1915 Times 17 May 10/2 Side by side with the committees that have been set up to deal with the production of material there should be an organization to take stock of the human resources still at the disposal of the nation.

1920 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 25 581 Federalism would have saved the Balkans from devastation and appalling waste of human resources.

1949 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 49 128/1 A bill to create a Department of Human Resources.

1961 Act for Internat. Devel.: Summary Presentation (U.S. President's Task Force) (Dept. of State Publ. No. 7205) The decade can bring significant progress in launching the slow process of developing their human resources and their basic services.

1972 Accountant 28 Sept. 386/2 The popular vogue of ‘manpower planning’ (here, for obvious reasons termed ‘human resource’ planning) must be more competently compiled.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Apr. 10/2 The nation..drained of human resources by emigration, riven by persistent race and class distinctions.

2. Originally U.S. The department in an organization dealing with the administration, management, training, etc., of staff; the personnel department. In attributive use, occasionally in singular.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > office > [noun] > department for appointment, training, etc.

personnel department1917

personnel1951

human resources1965

1965 N.Y. Times 6 June iii. 31 (advt.) Forward complete resume of education, experience, history and salary requirement to: Director Human Resources.

1975 Business Week (Nexis) 17 Feb. 70 b The nation's biggest employer of women..has already conducted a three-year study to test day care's efficacy as a cure for high turnover and absenteeism... Results of the experiment, which ended in mid-1974, are still being analyzed, says human resources manager Charles J. Sherrard.

1994 Accountancy Sept. 61/1 Part of the background to all of this is the growing tendency for the human resource function itself to shrink in size.

2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty v. 26 I would be free to leave as soon as I told Human Resources where I wanted to go.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	human resources
释义	human resourcesn. Brit. /ˌhjuːmən rᵻˈzɔːsᵻz/, /ˌhjuːmən rᵻˈsɔːsᵻz/, U.S. /ˌ(h)jumən ˈriˌsɔrsəz/, /ˌ(h)jumən ˈriˌzɔrsəz/, /ˌ(h)jumən rəˈsɔrsəz/, /ˌ(h)jumən rəˈzɔrsəz/, /ˌ(h)jumən riˈsɔrsəz/, /ˌ(h)jumən riˈzɔrsəz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: human adj., resource n. Etymology: < human adj. + the plural of resource n. 1. People (esp. personnel or workers) regarded as an asset of a business or other organization (as contrasted with material or financial resources). In attributive use also occasionally in singular. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources > consisting of people human resources1915 manpower1917 man-strength1931 peopleware1974 1915 Times 17 May 10/2 Side by side with the committees that have been set up to deal with the production of material there should be an organization to take stock of the human resources still at the disposal of the nation. 1920 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 25 581 Federalism would have saved the Balkans from devastation and appalling waste of human resources. 1949 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 49 128/1 A bill to create a Department of Human Resources. 1961 Act for Internat. Devel.: Summary Presentation (U.S. President's Task Force) (Dept. of State Publ. No. 7205) The decade can bring significant progress in launching the slow process of developing their human resources and their basic services. 1972 Accountant 28 Sept. 386/2 The popular vogue of ‘manpower planning’ (here, for obvious reasons termed ‘human resource’ planning) must be more competently compiled. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Apr. 10/2 The nation..drained of human resources by emigration, riven by persistent race and class distinctions. 2. Originally U.S. The department in an organization dealing with the administration, management, training, etc., of staff; the personnel department. In attributive use, occasionally in singular. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > office > [noun] > department for appointment, training, etc. personnel department1917 personnel1951 human resources1965 1965 N.Y. Times 6 June iii. 31 (advt.) Forward complete resume of education, experience, history and salary requirement to: Director Human Resources. 1975 Business Week (Nexis) 17 Feb. 70 b The nation's biggest employer of women..has already conducted a three-year study to test day care's efficacy as a cure for high turnover and absenteeism... Results of the experiment, which ended in mid-1974, are still being analyzed, says human resources manager Charles J. Sherrard. 1994 Accountancy Sept. 61/1 Part of the background to all of this is the growing tendency for the human resource function itself to shrink in size. 2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty v. 26 I would be free to leave as soon as I told Human Resources where I wanted to go. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1915
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