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Introduction to
Human Resource Management
Chapter: 1
Human Resource Management
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The Managers Human Resource
Management Jobs
What is HRM The five basic functions of
planning
organizing
staffing
leading
controlling
Human resource management (HRM) Is the process ofacquiring, training, appraising, and
compensating employees and of attending to their laborrelations, health and safety, and fairness concerns.
What is a manager
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People orPersonnel Aspects
Of A Managers Job Conducting job analyses
determining the nature of each employees job
Planning labor needs and recruiting job candidates
Selecting job candidates
Orienting and training new employees
Managing wages and salaries
compensating employees
Providing incentives and benefits
Appraising performance Communicating
interviewing, counseling, disciplining
Training and developing managers
Building employee commitment
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HR manager Should know
about
Employment law
Equal opportunity and affirmative action
Employee health and safety Handling grievances and labor relations
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race,
color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin into
consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually
justified as countering the effects of a history of discrimination.
(Wekipedia)
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Why is HRM important to all Managers?(Understand byavoidingthese Personnel
Mistakes)
Hire the wrong person for the job
Experience high turnover
Have your people not doing theirbest
Waste time with useless interviews
Have your company in court because of discriminatoryactions
Have some employees think theirsalaries are unfairandinequitable relative to others in the organization
Allow a lack of trainingto undermine your departmentseffectiveness
Commit any unfairlaborpractices
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Basic HR Concepts
Getting results
The bottom line of managing
HR creates value by engaging in activities that
produce the employee behaviors the company
needs to achieve its strategic goals.
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HR and Authority
Line authority
Issue orders It creates a superior-subordinate relationship
Line manager
A manager who is authorized to direct the work of
subordinates and is responsible for accomplishing the
organizations tasks.
Within the dept HR has line authority.
Staff Authority: Advise other mangers or employees
It creates and advisory relationship
Staff authority cannot issue orders down the line
Staff manager
A manager who assists and advises line managers.
(Across departments)
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Line Managers HRM Duties
1. Placing the right person on the right job
2. Starting new employees in the organization (orientation)
3. Training employees for jobs new to them
4. Improving the job performance of each person
5. Gaining creative cooperation and developing smooth working
relationships
6. Interpretingthe firms policies and procedures
7. Controlling labor costs8. Developing the abilities of each person
9. Creating and maintaining department morale
10. Protectingemployees health and physical condition
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HR Managers Duties/Functions
1. A line function
2. A coordinative function
Functional authority
Ensures other functional managers are
implementing the firms HR policies and practices3. Staff functions (assist and advise)
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HR Managers Duties/Functions
1. A line function The HR manager directs the activities of the
people in his or her own department and in
related service areas
Exerts line authority within the HR department.
They may exert Implied authority outside their dept.
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HR Managers Duties/Functions
2. A coordinative function HR managers also coordinate personnel
activities, a duty often referred to as functional
control.
Manager acts as a right arm of top executives
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HR Managers Duties/Functions
3.
Staff (assist and advise) functions Assisting and advising line managers is the heart
of the HR managers job. Advices CEO to betterunderstand personnel issues
Assists in hiring, training, evaluating, rewarding, counseling,
promotion and firing employees.
Administers various health and benefit programs
insurance, accidental claims, retirement, vacations
Helps line managers comply with equal employment and
occupational safety laws, handling grievances, labor relations. Promotes employee advocacy role
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Examples of HR Job Duties
Recruiters
HRD specialists
Equal employment opportunity (EEO)
coordinators
Job analysts
Compensation manager
Cont
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Examples of HR Job Duties (contd)
Training specialists
Plan, organize, and direct training activities.
Employment/industrial relationship specialist
or Labor relations specialists
unionmanagement relations. Employer welfare officer:
Handles welfare activities in factories as per law.
A Day in the life of HR
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HR Department Organizational
Chart (Large Company)
Figure 11Source:Adapted from BNA Bulletin to Management, June 29, 2000
*STD: Short Term Disability
*LTD: Long Term Disability**HRIS: Human Resources Information Systems.
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HR Organizational Chart
(Small Company)
Figure 12
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THE TRENDS SHAPING
HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
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The Trends Shaping HR Management
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Trends
Globalization
Increased competition
Deregulation
Technological innovation
More high-tech jobs
More service jobs
More knowledge work
An aging workforce
Economic downturns
So Companies Must Be
More competitive
Faster and moreresponsive
More cost-effective
Human-Capital oriented
Quality conscious
Downsized Organized flatter
Organized aroundempowered teams
Learners
More fiscally conservative
More scientific in DM
Employees will thereforeexpect from HR
management that they
Focus more on big pictureissues i.e. strategic goals
Find new ways to providetransactional servicessuch as benefitsadministration.
Create high-performancework systems
Take steps to help theemployer better mangechallenging times
Formulate practices anddefend its actions basedon credible evidence
Manage ethically Have the proficiencies
required to do thesethings- i.e. Strategicmanagement and financialbudgeting
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A Changing HR Environment Globalization
Organizations are expanding Ownerships are changing
Cost-cutting China
Technological Advances (HRMS)
Trends in the Nature of Work Skills and training needs High Tech Jobs
Service Jobs
Exporting Jobs
Human Work and Human capital
Knowledge, education, training, skills and expertise requirements Workforce demographics
Lead to some more strategic responsibilities
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IMPORTANT TRENDS IN HRM
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The New HR Manager HRs changing role:
HR started off with Personnel departments Took over hiring and firing, payroll, and benefit
plans administration. In the 1930s added protecting the firm in its
interaction with unions responsibilities (labor
relations).
Assumed organizational responsibilities forequal employment and affirmative action.
Focus shifted to HRD (1985-1995)
Now???
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What is Strategic HRM?
Formulating and executing human resource
policies and practices that produce the
employee competencies and behaviors the
company needs to achieve its strategic aims.
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What is Strategic Planning A strategic plan is the companies plan for
how it will match its internal strengths and
weaknesses with external opportunities and
threats in order to maintain a competitive
advantage.
Essence of Strategic Planning:
Where are we now as a business?
Where do we want to be? How should we get there?
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What is Strategic Planning?
Strategy
A course of action.
The companys long-term plan for how it will balance its
internal strengths and weaknesses with its externalopportunities and threats to maintain a competitive
advantage.
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What is Strategic Human
Resource Management? SHRM means formulating and executing HR
policies and practices thatproduce the
employee competencies and behaviors the
company needs to achieve its strategic aims.
HR managers today are more involved in
partnering with their top managers in both
designing and implementingtheir companies
strategies.
What is HR omph?
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Creating High-Performance
Work Systems
Creating High Performance Work Systems
A high-performance work system is an integrated
set of human resource policies and practices that
togetherproduce superior employee performance
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Managing with Technology
Benefits of technological applications forHR
Intranet-based employee portals through which
employees can self-service HR transactions. Increased efficiency of HR operations (Productivity).
The ability to outsource HR activities to specialist
service providers. Table: 1-2
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Systems
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