Table 3 Table 3.2 Comparison of Traditional, Human Relations, and Human Resource Development Assumptions about People. Human Resources Model Assumptions Assumptions Assumptions 1 . Work is inherently distasteful to most people 1 . People want to contribute to meaningful goals which they have helped establish. What they do is less important than what they earn for doing it.
People desire to belong and to be recognized as individuals.
These needs are more important than money in motivating people to work. Policies Policies Policies 1. The manager's basic task is to closely supervise and control his subordinates. The manager's basic task is to make each worker feel useful and important. He must break tasks down into simple, repetitive, easily learned operations.