After Studying This Chapter, You Should Be Able To
After Studying This Chapter, You Should Be Able To
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The Management Process
Planning
Controlling Organizing
Leading Staffing
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Human Resource Management at Work
• What Is Human Resource Management
(HRM)?
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Human Resource Management at Work
Acquisition
Fairness Training
Human
Resource
Management
Health and
(HRM) Appraisal
Safety
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Nature of HRM
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Basic HR Concepts
• The bottom line of managing:
Getting results
• HR creates value by engaging in
activities that produce the
employee behaviors that the
company needs to achieve
its strategic goals.
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Line and Staff Aspects of HRM
• Line manager
A manager who is authorized to direct the work of
subordinates and is responsible for accomplishing the
organization’s tasks.
• Staff manager
A manager who assists and advises line managers.
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Line Managers’ HRM Responsibilities
1. Placing the right person on the right job
2. Starting new employees in the organization (orientation)
3. Training employees for jobs that are new to them
4. Improving the job performance of each person
5. Gaining creative cooperation and developing smooth working
relationships
6. Interpreting the firm’s policies and procedures
7. Controlling labor costs
8. Developing the abilities of each person
9. Creating and maintaining department morale
10. Protecting employees’ health and physical condition
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Human Resource Managers’ Duties
Functions of
HR Managers
Staff Functions
Staff Authority
Innovator
Employee Advocacy
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Human Resource Specialties
Recruiters
Employment/
Human
Industrial
Resource
Relations
Development
Specialist Human Specialists
Resource
Specialties
Training
Job Analysts
Specialists
Compensation Employee
Managers Welfare Officers
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Nature & Significance of Environmental Influences
Globalization Trends
Technological Trends
Changes and Trends
in Human Resource
Management
Trends in the Nature of Work
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The Changing Role of
Human Resource Management
Strategic Human
Resource
Management
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History of Human Resource Management
The field of HRM as it exists, represents a crystallization of
a variety of historical and contemporary factors:
• The Industrial Revolution - Machines were brought in;