Introduction to Hrm

Chapter 1: Introduction to HRM

Human Resource Management (HRM)?

The policies and practices involved in carrying out the “people” or human resource aspects of a management position, including recruiting, training, appraising, and compensating employees, and of attending to their labor relations, health & safety, and fairness concern.

Human Resource Management is the process of acquiring, training, appraising and compensating employees, and attending to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns.

❖ One aspect of the Management Process (planning, Organizing, Staffing, Leading, & Controlling)

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Basic HR Concepts

• HR creates value by engaging in activities that produce the employee behaviors that the company needs to achieve its strategic goals.

Personnel Aspects of a Manager’s Job

• Conducting job analyses (determining the nature of each employee’s 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

And a Manager should know about:

❖ Equal opportunity & affirmative action

❖ Employee health & safety

❖ Handling grievances and labor relations

Why HRM Important to all Managers

• Hire the wrong person for the job

• Experience high turnover

• Have your people not doing their best

• Waste time with useless interviews

• Have your company in court because of discriminatory actions

• Have your company cited by labor court for unsafe practices

• Have some employees think their salaries are unfair and inequitable relative to others in the organization

• Allow a lack...