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 Not too long ago, a young professional wanted to know the difference between Human Resources and Administration.

While the answer is straight forward, in answering the question, one needs to go into the HR Ecosystem

The HR Ecosystem has inadvertently created three major companies structured along the line of how People and Culture matters are handled.

Firstly, The Finance/Admin: In this typology, employee matters are handled by Finance Professionals who treat all matters in relation to their contribution to the bottomline. Finance people do not in the main see people, rather pay roll statistics. They are quick to cut off any expense that does not contribute directly to profit margins. What this does in the main is to relegate the welfare of employees, thereby acting that the people is not the most important resource of the company.

Secondly, The HR/ADMIN, here, there is a combining of HR function - employees welfare with ADMIN -organization welfare. The employer recognizes the role of people but insists that his welfare as an investor must be taken care of.

Thirdly, The HR full blown arrangement where the HR Professional becomes an advocate of People and Culture. In this arrangement the employer believes and acts that the people is it's most important resource. Consequently, great value is placed in people and matters that affect them. Here, there is the belief that the health of the people determine the health of the organization.

Finally, For employees, the worst place, you would like to work is the Finance/Admin structured organization, because there is no regard for the people.

For the HR Politician, the best organization to work is the HR/Admin environment because, he that pays the piper dictates the tune.

For hard working employees and hardcore HR Professionals, the best place to showcase your excellence is the organization that says and acts that it's people is the most important resource.

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