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"Human component", "human resource", and "replaceable cogs in the machine" sound the same to me.
by GartzenDeHaes 4y ago
"Human component", "human resource", and "replaceable cogs in the machine" sound the same to me.
- yunwal 4y agoI’ve recently been hearing “human capital” thrown around by MBAs
- scruple 4y agoI genuinely hate how MBA-speak has been adopted seemingly everywhere. I truly, truly hate it. I understand and appreciate that we need a concise set of terminology and jargon to have conversations about these things but these words seem specifically chosen to abstract away the human quality of the humans being discussed.
- yamtaddle 4y agoFake-smart business language is a plague. "Per" (worse: "as per"), "utilize" where "use" is more correct. All sorts of absurd euphemisms for "chat" or "meeting" or "talk". It's gross.
- giantrobot 4y agoWell let's take this conversation offline and circle back on this topic.
- pjscott 4y agoThat one has an actual useful definition in economics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_capital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_capital
- krageon 4y agoThe term is dehumanising and has no place in adult conversations.
- alistairSH 4y agoSure, and it's use should remain academic. If a manager is using "human capital" as a replacement for their actual team, there's a problem.
- function_seven 4y agoWe've all been using the term "Human Resources" for what, like 20 years now? 30? It's always rubbed me the wrong way. What was wrong with "Personnel"?
- yunwal 4y agoYeah, to be clear, I have no issue with it’s use in macro-Econ, my issue is a C-Suite calling their employees and their specialized knowledge human capital to their faces.
- SoftTalker 4y agoGeorge Carlin was on it 30 years ago. Read or watch his bit "Euphemisms"