人力资源管理是近年来许多高等院校新开设的一门管理类专业。人力资源开发(Human Resource Development简称HRD)是一门实践性很强的学科。在这方面美国的研究和实践是比较早的,20世纪50年代,哈佛大学的DaleYoder教授创造了“人力管理”(Manpower Management)一词来描述产业关系和人事管理。最早的人力资源开发概念始于1970年,是由美国学者WodlerL.提出的。80年代以吸引人、激励人为核心的“人力资源管 Human resource management is a newly established management specialty in many institutions of higher learning in recent years. Human Resource Development (HRD) is a highly practical discipline. In this respect, research and practice in the United States is relatively early. In the 1950s, Professor DaleYoder of Harvard University created the term ”Manpower Management“ to describe industrial relations and personnel management. The first concept of human resources development began in 1970, was proposed by the American scholar WodlerL. 80s to attract, motivate people-centered ”human resources management