Human Resource Management Melissa Neff BUS 303: Human Resources Management Professor Barbara Davis May 23‚ 2011 Proper management of human resources is vital to being a successful business. Human resources are one of the critical departments within any organization. The purpose of this essay is to emphasize the basic principles of Human Resources Management. EEO and Affirmative Action‚ Human Resources Planning‚ Recruitment‚ and Selection‚ HRD‚ Compensation
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INTRODUCTION In relation to all other resources of an organization human resource has specific features that keep human resource at the peak point. * Vitality of human resource * Ability to react * Ability to control all other resources * Ability to be trained * Ability to work in teams Therefore management of human resources is a strategic task. Personnel Management Archaic fashion of management concerning the workforce which included staffing‚ payroll‚ contractual obligations
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HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. A definition of HRD is "organized learning activities arranged within an organization in order to improve performance and/or personal growth for the purpose of improving the job‚ the individual‚ and/or the organization Importance of Training and Development I. Help in addressing employee weaknesses: Most workers have certain weaknesses in their workplace‚ which hinder them from giving the best services. Training assists in eliminating these weaknesses‚ by strengthening
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Objectives of HRP: • To recruit and retain the human resource of required quantity and quality. • To foresee the impact of technology on work‚ existing employees and future human resource requirements‚ meeting the needs of the programs of expansion‚ diversification and to estimate the cost of human resources. • To improve the standards‚ skills‚ knowledge‚ ability‚ discipline etc. • To assess the surplus or shortage of human resources and take measures accordingly thereby minimising the imbalance
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Application Case 15-1 The Union’s Demand for Recognition and Bargaining Rights The Union’s Demand for Recognition and Bargaining Rights After reading Application Case 15-1 and the material in Chapter 15‚ the following questions were discussed; 1. Evaluate the various claims made by the union and counterclaims made by the company regarding the charges of unfair labor practices. Which of the arguments are most persuasive?
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-a compared analogy- Human resources have become the politically correct way of addressing Earth’s most valuable resource… the human being. There is a long history of attempts to achieve an understanding of human behavior at the work place. From the early 1890‚ academicians and practitioners developed theories and practices in order to explain and influence the behavior of employees at the work. The Human Resource Glossary by William R. Tracey defines Human Resources as: “The people that staff
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Part A (Each 15 Marks) 1) Describe the native and importance of employee selection. Explain briefly the steps involved in selection process => JUNE 2010. 2) How can Performance Appraisal be made more effective? Discuss => JUNE 2010. 3) Discuss the scope and significance of human resource Management => JUNE 2010. 4) What are the objectives of human resources planning? Illustrate with examples the process of man power planning
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Human Resources Management Description of Organization and Human Resource Topic Canadian Tire‚ a leading retailer since 1922‚ provides products and services ranging from automotive‚ hardware‚ sporting goods‚ apparel‚ gas bar‚ and financial services. With 1‚700 retail and gasoline outlets‚ across Canada‚ Canadian Tire employs approximately 68‚000 employees. This Canadian retailer creates competitive advantage by owning 5 companies (Part Source‚ Canadian Tire Financial Services‚ Marks Work Warehouse
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Literature emphasises the importance of human resource development to achieve organisational success within a learning organisation (Holton III; Yamkovenko 2008‚ p.278) This review will first discuss how human resource development can contribute to organisational success. Secondly‚ address the importance of strategic human resource development and thirdly identify how human resource development can contribute to career planning and career development. How human resource development contributes to organisational
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Human Resource Planning Definition: Human Resources Planning is defined as the process of assessing an organization’s human resources needs in the light of organizational goals and changing condition and making plans to ensure that a competent‚ stable workforce is employed. The actual planning process will vary a great deal from organization to organization As defined by Bulla and Scott (1994)‚ human resource planning is ‘the process for ensuring that the human resource requirements of an
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