History of Families and Family Resource Management

  • Ellen Swallows

    Ellen Swallows created the womens chemistry building at MIT.
  • HRM is coined

    The term human resource management is coined in the US during the 1960's
  • Large HRM groups emerged

    In the 1970's large multinational human resource management groups started to emerge
  • OSHA

    In the 1970's OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) was created in the HRM field.
  • ERISA

    1974 ERISA (Employee retirement income security act) was put into place regulating private pension plans
  • HRM Recognition

    In the 1980's HRM become a highly recognized field with many large backers and supporters looking to populate the field.
  • HRM Education

    In the 1990's HRM began to be taught in many highschools and universities around the country, this helped to stabilize the field even more
  • HRM to become a bigger partner

    There was a large push in the 2000's to have human resource management become more integrated into society and the industries surrounding it, giving HRM more power and helping out the everyday workers.
  • Inclusion

    HRM has finally started to push for a more inclusive work environment including all sexualities/races and genders.