science

Human Resources Research Organization

Human Resources Research Organization is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Human Resources Research Organization rather than just read about it. In short: The Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) is an applied research company founded in Alexandria, Virginia. It specializes in providing human capital management, education, resource analysis and training for government and private companies.

Key takeaways

Human Resources Research Organization belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Human Resources Research Organization to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Human Resources Research Organization from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) is an applied research company founded in Alexandria, Virginia. It specializes in providing human capital management, education, resource analysis and training for government and private companies. Founded by Meredith P. Crawford, the company was established in 1951 as the Human Resources Research Office of George Washington University to study human resources for the Department of the Army. In 1967, HumRRO's charter was modified to extend its services to other departments of the Federal Government, to state and local governments, and to private companies and foundations. In 1969, HumRRO severed its connection with George Washington University and became a non-profit research organization. During its first 24 years, HumRRO operated as a Federal Contract Research Center (FCRC). The company's status as an FCRC was terminated at the end of 1975. There are close historical connections between HumRRO and the American Psychological Association (APA). Meredith Crawford, the founder of HumRRO also served as the President of the APA's Division 19: Society for Military Psychology. Peter Ramsberger of the APA said that Crawford was "the founder and effective leader of one of the most important research organizations in the history of military psychology". William J. Strickland, HumRRO's President from 2008 to 2018, has also worked with the APA Division of Military Psychology and was recently elected to the fellow status of APA's Division 14: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).

References

External links official website What HumRRO is Doing, by George Washington University Human Resources Research Office, 1954, ASIN: B008LZ8M7E

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Human Resources Research Organization

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Human Resources Research Organization claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Human Resources Research Organization before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Human Resources Research Organization ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Human Resources Research Organization

In research: Human Resources Research Organization appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Human Resources Research Organization in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Human Resources Research Organization is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics American organizations established in 1969, Companies based in Alexandria, Virginia, Military psychology, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Human Resources Research Organization outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Human Resources Research Organization” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Human Resources Research Organization in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Human Resources Research Organization means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Human Resources Research Organization out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Human Resources Research Organization in simple terms?

Why does Human Resources Research Organization matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Human Resources Research Organization?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Human Resources Research Organization.