Who Really Started HR and What Exactly is Boss Plank? Let's Discuss!

Who is the father of HR? And what is Boss Plank?

Few discussions have happened on this topic - Father of HR, just go through it, you will find the answer. Not sure about Boss plank.

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Hello Preya420,

I am ready for Father of HR. Ha ha ha.

The Chinese are known to be the first to use employee screening techniques, way back in 1115 B.C.

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I wonder on what basis you have treated Robert Owen as the Father of HR? You have not quoted any instance or his works that may prove him to be the Father of HR. Contrarily, Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was just a social reformer and one of the founders of socialism and the cooperative movement, which had nothing to do much with HR functions.

List of Robert Owen's Works

Further, the following is the list of his works, which also does not include any work on HR:

• 1813. A New View Of Society, Essays on the Formation of Human Character. London.
• 1815. Observations on the Effect of the Manufacturing System. 2nd edn, London.
• 1817. Report to the Committee for the Relief of the Manufacturing Poor. In The Life of Robert Owen written by Himself, 2 vols, London, 1857-8.
• 1818. Two memorials on behalf of the working classes. In The Life of Robert Owen written by Himself, 2 vols, London, 1857-8.
• 1819. An Address to the Master Manufacturers of Great Britain. Bolton.
• 1821. Report to the County of Lanark of a Plan for relieving Public Distress. Glasgow: Glasgow University Press.
• 1823. An Explanation of the Cause of Distress which pervades the civilized parts of the world. London & Paris.
• 1830. Was one of the founders of the Grand National Consolidated Trade Union (GNCTU).
• 1832. An Address to All Classes in the State. London.
• 1849. The Revolution in the Mind and Practice of the Human Race. London.