Human Resource Management- is used to describe the function that is concerned with people-the employees. Human resource management is the function performed in organizations that facilitates the most effective use of people (employees) to achieve organizational and individual goals.
Human Resource Management consists of numerous activities including:
• Equal employment opportunity (EEO) compliance
• Job analysis
• Human Resource Planning
• Employee recruitment, selection, motivation and orientation
• Performance evaluation and compensation
• Training and development
• Labor relations
• Safety, health and wellness
Four Descriptions of HRM
1. It is action oriented. Effective HRM focuses on action rather than on record-keeping, written procedure, or rules.
2. It is individual oriented. Whenever possible, HRM treats each employee as an individual and offers services and programs to meet the individual’s needs.
3. It is globally oriented. HRM is not only an American function or activity
4. It is future oriented. Effective HRM is concerned with helping an organization achieve its objectives in the future by providing for competent, well-motivated employees.
The history of HRM can be traces to England, where masons, carpenters, leather workers and other craftspeople organized themselves into guilds. They used their unity to