The ‘Human’ in Human Resources: How HR Can Help or Hinder the Development of Liberatory Cultures

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of working in an organization that had a human resources department, you know that they perform a critical role in the functioning of an organization; deciding and designing how people are brought into an organization, shaping the initial perception of the company’s culture, determining how and when people are paid and receive benefits, and much more. But that’s the human resources department. What are human resources?