S/HR/210. The Human Relations School of management thought, notably focusing on organizational culture and work groups, has been widely viewed as offering answers to perennial management challenges. Identify these challenges, assess whether this HR framework is a valid one to analyse them and evaluate the contribution of HR to organizations and work

The paper examines the Human Relations (HR) School of management outlying the historical background of HR, discussing its focus on the organisational culture, identifying the problems with work groups faced by managers and discussing the contribution of the HR approach to organisations and work.