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Human Resource Management - Introduction - A
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Human Resource Management Revision Article Series
The human resources of an organiation consist of all people who perform its activities.
Human resource management (HRM) is concerned with the personnel policies and
managerial practices and sstems that influence the workforce. In broader terms, all
decisions that affect the workforce of the organiation concern the HRM function.
Contents
Introduction
What is the focus of HRM department?Contributing to the Bottom-line of the Compan through HR Top-line Activities
The Activities of Human Resources Management
Major Trend Affecting HRM
The Importance of HRM Measurement
Competitive Advantage and HRM
Importance of Stud of HRM for Students Specialiing in Other Functional Areas of Management
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Summar of Chapter 1. Strategic Human Resource Management in a Changing Environment in
H John Bernadin, Human Resource Management, Fourth Edition, McGraw Hill, 2007
Introduction
The human resources of an organiation consist of all people who perform its activities.
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Human resource management (HRM) is concerned with the personnel policies and managerial practices and systems
that influence the workforce. In broader terms, all decisions that affect the workforce of the organization concern the
HRM function.
The activities involved in HRM function are pervasive throughout the organization. Line managers, tpicall spend
more than 50 percent of their time for human resource activities such hiring, evaluating, disciplining, and
scheduling emploees. Human resource management specialists in the HRM department help organizations with allactivities related to staffing and maintaining an effective workforce. Major HRM responsibilities include work design and
job analysis, training and development, recruiting, compensation, team-building, performance management and
appraisal, worker health and safety issues, as well as identifying or developing valid methods for selecting staff. HRM
department provides the tools, data and processes that are used by line managers in their human resource management
component of their job.
What is the focus of HRM department?
The HRM focus should always be maintaining and, ideally, expanding the customer base while maintaining, and ideally,
maximizing profit. HRM has a whole lot to do with this focus regardless of the size of the business, or the products or
services you are trying to sell. (Dr. James Spina, former head of Executive Development at the Tribune Company).
HRM is involved in managing the human resources with a focus on expanding customer base that gives profit to the
company. The bottom line of the company is the focus of the HRM department as well as the function.
Contributing to the Bottom-line of the Compan through HR Top-lineActivities
A growing body research shows that progressive HRM practices have a significant effect on corporate bottom-line and
middle-line performance. The positive effect on financial performance, productivity, product and service quality, and
cost control are documented by researchers.
High-performance work systems (HPWS) is a term used to describe a collection of HR practices or characteristics of
HR systems designed to enhance employees competencies so that employees can be a reliable source of competitive
advantage. A summary of the research on HPWS indicated that a one standard deviation of improved assessment on a
HPWS measurement tool increased sales per employee in excess of $15,000 per employee, an 8 percent gain in labor
productivity.
The Activities of Human Resources Management
The activities performed by HRM professionals fall under five major domains:
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Functional Areas of Management
Even as line managers in any functional department, management students are likely to manage people at some point in
their career. Research shows that the manner in which one conducts the human resource responsibilities of the
management job will be the key for effectiveness and growth in ones career.
Reference
H John Bernardin, Human Resource Management, Fourth Edition, McGraw Hill, 2007
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Line managers, tpicall spend more than 50 percent of their time for human resource activities
Line managers, typically spend more than 50 percent of their time for human resource activities such hiring, evaluating,
disciplining, and scheduling employees.
This sentence needs to be emphasized in HRM courses taught to various functional managers.
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