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Tuesday 13th February 2007 19:41 in Human Relations

I won’t go through all the terms like “getting your ducks in a row” and “running things up the flagpole” and so on.. Suffice it to say they are highly amusing, but anyone who uses them seriously should certainly not be taken seriously. But what I will say is even terms like “team” and “Human Resources” should be included amongst these too. It’s not a team. We’re not playing hockey, or baseball. It’s a department, or workforce. Sure, we can all get on well at work, and be friends, but “team” is a cliché, and a misnomer. As for “Human Resources”. What? What was ever wrong with “Personnel”? Why isn’t it still the Personnel Dept.? “Human Relations” is nearly as bad as “Human Interface Device”! We really must try to stand up to these absurd terms when they begin to creep into the language!





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