Meaning of Human Relations

Human relations are the study of the ways in which people relate to each other in group
situations, especially work, and how communication skills and sensitivity to other
people’s feelings can be improved. 
According to Keith Davis ‘human relations deals with motivating people in organizations
to develop teamwork which effectively fulfills their objectives and achieves
organizational objectives’.
Human relations theory was introduced as a result of series of experiment conducted by
Elton Mayo and his employee Fritz Roethlisberger on workers of the Hawthorne Works
of the Western Electricals between 1924 and 1932 in Chicago to determine employee
motivation and commitment and the relationship between workers and management.