Chapter 1 Introduction to Human Resource Management 1) The basic functions of the management process include all of the following EXCEPT ________. A) planning B) organizing C) outsourcing D) leading Explanation: C) The five basic functions of the management process include planning‚ organizing‚ staffing‚ leading‚ and controlling. Outsourcing jobs may be an aspect of human resources‚ but it is not one of the primary management functions. 2) Which of the following is the person responsible for
Premium Human resources Human resource management Management
Rogers‚ Jung‚ and Piaget. In turn‚ Kolb’s learning styles model and experiential learning theory are today acknowledged by academics‚ teachers‚ managers and trainers as truly seminal works; fundamental concepts towards our understanding and explaining human learning behaviour‚ and towards helping others to learn A note about Learning Styles in young people’s education: Towards the end of the first decade of the 2000s a lobby seems to have grown among certain educationalists and educational researchers
Premium Reinforcement Classical conditioning Operant conditioning
whole. The story is about Labour Industrial Relations between Martha Philander‚ an employee at a fast food franchise and her supervisor. It shows how employee‚ employer relations van be destroyed by ingorance. According to recent survey conducted by the Society of Human Resource Management‚ employees are more likely to trust theire supervisor or manager than they are to trust the senior leaders in the organisation. Nevertheless‚ experts encourage leaders to work on building trust. The Namibia labour
Premium Employment AIDS Labour relations
Should organizations outsource human resource activities? MGT 249 – Human Resources Management What are outsourcing benefits? Outsourcing is the contracting out of a business process‚ which an organization may have previously performed internally or has a new need for‚ to an independent organization from which the process is purchased back as a service. Though the practice of purchasing a business function instead of providing it internally is a common feature of any modern economy‚ the term
Premium Management Human resources Human resource management
THE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY EXAMINATION MR COLLIN KEYA DATE: 25 APRIL 2013 TIME: 3 HOURS ADVANCE DIPLOMA Question 1 a) Define Human Resource Management & discuss the difference between Personnel Management and HRM. (10 marks) b) Explain in detail the process of recruitment & selection of the employees. (10 marks) c) Explain the importance of training & development & further describe the need for evaluation of training programmes. ( 5 marks) d) What
Premium Human resource management Human resources Management
the internal environment pose the burden on human resource role to overcome the challenge. Some challenges are possibly met by organization are sustainability‚ global challenges and technology. Those difficulties affect significantly to the survival and the development of the organization. Thus‚ human resource management plays an important role in order to help organization survive and compete in a constant changing environment. This requires human resource executives and managers to take responsibility
Premium Management Organizational studies and human resource management Employment
difference between personal management and human resource management Personnel Management Traditionally the term personnel management was used to refer to the set of activities concerning the workforce which included staffing‚ payroll‚ contractual obligations and other administrative tasks. In this respect‚ personnel management encompasses the range of activities that are to do with managing the workforce rather than resources. Personnel Management is more administrative in nature and the Personnel
Premium Human resource management Human resources
management and human resource management 1. 1 Distinguish between personal management and human resource management Human resource management is the study of human resources who are people and work in an organization. There are various definitions of human resource management. Armstrong (2009)‚ states that human resource management is concerned with all aspects of how people are employed and managed in organization. This definition is broad and makes clear about human resource management. According
Premium Human resource management Management Human resources
CASE STUDY #2 (read for Feb 26th) THE CROSS-CULTURAL ORGANIZATION: THE MULTICULTURAL MODEL Main problem = lack of transferability of American techniques to the rest of the world (Hofstede‚ 1980b)‚ mainly to European countries in this case Differences in power distance Different levels of achievement-based incentives Differences in work-related attitudes Objective focus on the management of differentiation across cultures in an international operation and to consider the issue of transferability
Premium Culture Geert Hofstede Management
The transformation of HR: changing to improve the bottom line Karen Isely - Mercer Human Resource Consulting‚ Marsha Sussman - Mercer Human Resource Consulting For further queries‚ contact: Marsha on 03 9245 5799‚ or Karen on 02 8272 6319 Email: marsha.sussman@mercer.com Email: karen.isely@mercer.com Imagine your finance function 30 years ago. Then responsibility for sophisticated financial strategies rested with the same part of the organisation as the day-to-day transactions. To deliver
Premium Management Human resources Human resource management