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human resource management

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The process of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization.

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Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

A department within a business, responsible for carrying out this process.

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Usage: uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: insan resurslarının idarə olunması — process
  • Catalan: gerència de recursos humans — process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人力資源管理 /人力资源管理 (rénlìzīyuán) — process
  • Czech: personalistika — process
  • Finnish: henkilöstöhallinto — process
  • Finnish: henkilöstöjohtaminen — process
  • French: gestion des ressources humaines — process
  • French: gestion du personnel — process
  • Georgian: ადამიანური რესურსების მართვა (adamianuri resursebis martva) — process
  • German: Personalwesen — process
  • German: Personalwirtschaft — process
  • German: Personalmanagement — process
  • Hebrew: ניהול אנשי הצוות — process
  • Icelandic: mannauðsstjórnun — process
  • Italian: amministrazione delle risorse umane — process
  • Japanese: 人材管理 (shinzai kanri) — process
  • Japanese: 人材マネジメント (shinzai manejimento) — process
  • Occitan: gestion de las ressorsas umanas — process
  • Portuguese: gestão de recursos humanos — process
  • Romanian: gestionarea resurselor umane — process
  • Russian: управле́ние челове́ческими ресу́рсами (upravlénije čelovéčeskimi resúrsami) — process
  • Serbo-Croatian: менаџмент људских ресурса — process
  • Serbo-Croatian: menadžment ljudskih resursa — process
  • Slovak: manazment ludskych zdrojov — process
  • Spanish: gestión de recursos humanos — process
  • Turkish: insan kaynakları yönetimi — process
  • Walloon: manaedjmint des rsoûces uminnes — process
  • Finnish: henkilöstöhallinto — department
  • Finnish: henkilöstöosasto — department
  • French: service du personnel — department
  • Georgian: ადამიანური რესურსების მართვის განყოფილება (adamianuri resursebis martvis ganq̇opileba) — department
  • German: Personalabteilung — department