Chapter 1 Human Resource Management Learning Objectives • Explain what is meant by human resource management • Understand the relationship between human resource management and management • Describe the HR manager’s role • Understand the human resource management activities performed in organisations • Explain the meaning of strategy • Explain the meaning of strategic human resource management • Describe a strategic approach to human resource management • Appreciate the strategic challenges facing
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Scientific management theorist Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Human Relations Management theorist Mary Parker Follett Models have been developed by people to understand management and Quinn used the competing values framework to relate the main models (Quinn et al.‚ 2003). The human relations model is about flexibility while the rational goal model is about control. There is a lot more differences than similarities. Taylor (Pugh and Hickson‚ 1989)‚ the scientific management theorist emphasizes
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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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Midterm Essays Josephine Malik C J 246-10 Human Relations in a Diverse Society Instructor Hynes Lisa‚ Kaplan University July 08‚ 2008 2 Essay 1 History of women in law enforcement Women only make up a scant 13 present of major police agencies nation-wide‚ according to the National Center for Women and policing. In 1845‚ New York hired its first police “matron”. In 1888‚ Massachusetts and New York passed legislation that required communities with population over 20‚000 to hire police matrons
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Human Resource Management The primary function of human resource management is to increase the effectiveness and contribution of employees in the attainment of organizational goals and objectives. There are many areas to the HRM process such as Human Resources Management and being a manager‚ being an employee and their goals‚ Human resource planning and recruitment‚ and selection‚ performance management‚ EEO and Affirmative Action‚ Human resources development‚ Compensation and benefits‚ Safety
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Economics and Management Sciences Vol. 1‚ No. 4‚ 2011‚ pp. 01-11 MANAGEMENT JOURNALS managementjournals.org HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA UNDER A GLOBALISED ECONOMY Francis C. Anyim Ph.D1‚ Cyril Oseloka Ikemefuna2 and Samuel E. Mbah3 FCIPM‚ FNIM‚ FABS‚ FCAI; Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management‚ Faculty of Business Administration‚ University of Lago. E-mail: chucksanyim2004@yahoo.com 2 Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management‚ Faculty
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An entrepreneur is a person who manages‚ organizes‚ and takes over all the enterprise or business risks. Other definitions include a person who has high ambition and aptitude to initiate change is known as an entrepreneur. The entrepreneurial school of thought is based on vision: a mental representation of strategy created or at least expressed in the head of the leader as perspective‚ specifically a sense of long term direction of organizations future and a sound vision and visionary CEO can help
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Human Resource Management (HRM) is a relatively new approach to managing people in any organization. People are considered the key resource in this approach. It is concerned with the people dimension in management of an organization. Since an organization is a body of people‚ their acquisition‚ development of skills‚ motivation for higher levels of attainments‚ as well as ensuring maintenance of their level of commitment are all significant activities. These activities
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HR’s Role and Corporate Social in Management of Downsizing Use Responsibility and Sustainability By Elaine Cohen‚ Sully Taylor‚ Ph.D.‚ and Michael Muller-Camen‚ Ph.D. SHRM Foundation Executive Briefing Produced in partnership with the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA) and the North American Human Resource Management Association (NAHRMA) Overview Organizations are increasingly concerned with sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The HR function is uniquely
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Six Major Schools of Thought in Psychology Every academic discipline‚ from literature and history to sociology and theology‚ has competing theories or schools of thought: perspectives from which to study the subject. Psychology‚ the study of the mind‚ has hundreds of theories and subtheories‚ but it is possible to identify six main schools of thought every psychology student should know. Functionalism Functionalism has the most influence of any theory in contemporary psychology. Psychological functionalism
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