Human Resource

What I Have Learned From Human Resource Management Class

Owen Li

Samford University

Brock School of Business

Abstract

I have been taking Dr. Robert W. Service’s Human Resource Management (HRM) class for four months, and I was able to learn insightful thoughts and valuable objectives of human resource management. In this paper, I will discuss the knowledge, principles, and theories I have learned from the articles I have read, the HR managers I have interviewed, and the HRM classes I have taken. The paper will discuss HRM in terms of interviewing and hiring, training, employee development, succession planning, and appraisals. I will also discuss the work environment, employee protection, technologies, and overall HR management-planning and forecasting.

Keywords: human resource management, interviewing and hiring, training, employee development, succession planning, appraisals, work environment, employee protection, technologies, overall HR management-planning and forecasting

What I Have Learned From Human Resource Class

No matter which topic we discuss in our HRM class, they all somehow relate to one objective that Dr. Robert W. Service emphasizes to us all the time: “the organization has the right people in the right positions with the right training and motivation to do tasks effectively and efficiently at the right time” (Service and Loudon, 2010). With this primary HR objective in mind, I realize that HRM plays a very important role in human resource allocation for any company in building the bridges of employee resources to the places where company needs specific type of talent. As a result, companies will have the capability to meet their long-term strategic plans and customers’ requirements by allocating the right staffs with the right skills at the right place.

Interviewing and Hiring

In my opinion, the purpose of the interviewing to every company is to find the right people who have appropriate skills and can help companies to achieve...