Introduction to Human Resource Management
Part One | Introduction
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Human Resource Management at Work
• What Is Human Resource Management (HRM)?
The process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating
employees, and of attending to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns.
• Organization
People with formally assigned roles who work together to
achieve the organization’s goals.
• Manager
The person responsible for accomplishing the organization’s
goals, and who does so by managing the efforts of the organization’s people.
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The Management Process
Planning
Controlling
Organizing
Leading
Staffing
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Human Resource Management Processes
Acquisition
Fairness Human Resource Management (HRM)
Training
Health and Safety
Appraisal
Labor Relations
Compensation
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Personnel Aspects of a Manager’s Job
• Conducting job analyses • Planning labor needs and recruiting job candidates • Selecting job candidates • Orienting and training new employees • Managing wages and salaries • Providing incentives and benefits • Appraising performance • Communicating • Training and developing managers • Building employee commitment
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Personnel Mistakes
• • • • • • • Hire the wrong person for the job Experience high turnover Have your people not doing their best Waste time with useless interviews Have your firm in court because of discriminatory actions Have your firm cited by OSHA for unsafe practices Have some employees think their salaries