Dear Management-History members
I wanted to share the responses thus far on this, see below - Art Bedian's is
the earliest so far, by two years with 1918.
My interest was prompted by some archival data on the naming of the Tavistock
Institute of Human Relations. So, next, any offers on the earliest European and
UK usages?
Bill
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>Quoting "Arthur G. Bedeian" <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Bill:
>
> Whiting Williams. (1918). Human Relations in Industry.
> Washington, DC: US Department of Labor.
>
>
Art
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:40:06 -0700
From: "Sanford M. Jacoby" <[log in to unmask]>
As part of welfare capitalism, the YMCA held regular conferences on
Human Relations and Betterment in Industry in the USA. The first, that I
know of, was in 1920. There may have been earlier conferences and uses
of that term in connection either with the YMCA's industrial work or
welfare capitalism more generally. See my book, Employing Bureaucracy
(revised, 2004). Chapter 2 on the YMCA and Chapter 4 note 9.
Best,
Sandy
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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:39:39 +1000
From: Di Kelly <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Di Kelly <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: earliest use of the term "human relations" related to workplace
To: 'Bill Cooke' <[log in to unmask]>,
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Dear Bill
Excellent question!
The objective of Tead and Metcalf, Personnel Administration McGraw-Hill 1920
was to identify (and set forth) best practice in human relations - but I
suspect the early Taylor Society members were using the term before that?
Best wishes
Di
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:34:01 -0400
From: John Luhman <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: Fwd: earliest use of the term "human relations" related to
workplace
To: Bill Cooke <[log in to unmask]>
Ellen O'Connor has a historical paper on Mayo's work (can't remember
cite). It might be in there.
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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:45:29 +0100
From: "Kavanagh, Donncha" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "Kavanagh, Donncha" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: earliest use of the term "human relations" related to workpla ce
To: 'Bill Cooke ' <[log in to unmask]>, "'Research and Teaching
in Management, Business and Labour History '"
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Bill
Why don't you put 'human relations' into EBSC (Business Source Premier) and
use search fields to at least find its earliest use in journals.
Donncha Kavanagh
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