THE HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTION OF HARRISON BROTHERS CORPORATION Company History Harrison Brothers Corporation was founded in Sydney on September 15‚ 1898‚ by Aubrey and William Harrison. Harrison’s is a multi-line traditional department store which deals mainly with men’s‚ women’s‚ and children’s clothing. In recent years‚ the store has expanded to include household furnishings and other items for the home. The long term goal of the company is to become the leading chain of department stores
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take full responsibilities for human resource activities in some companies whereas in others they will share the role with managers. Some of the responsibilities of HR departments are: employment and recruiting‚ training and development‚ compensation‚ benefits‚ employee services‚ employee and community relations‚ personnel records‚ strategy planning‚ health and safety. The role of HR has changes and enveloped over time. It began as a purely administrative function but now it is seen as a more strategic
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The Importance of Human Resources Employment Practices HRM 422 July 01‚ 2008 The Importance of Human Resources Whether an organization consists of five or 25‚000 employees‚ human resources management is vital to the success of the organization. HR is important to all managers because it provides managers with the resources – the employees – necessary to produce the work for the managers and the organization. Beyond this role‚ HR is capable of becoming a strong strategic partner when it
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survived. On the other hand‚ could a company survive if it lost all of its employees? These questions emphasize the importance and necessity of people in businesses because without them‚ the businesses would not be able to run. The importance of human resources is staggering and it acts as an advocate for the most important business resource‚ people. Without human resources‚ people would have no incentive or motivation to stay in there jobs I believe there is a clear relationship between
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Question 1: How does McCain view her role as human resource manager? In our case one role of the human resource manager McCain is to set up procedures and policies to assure proper staffing of the store. Brenda McCain is the first contact regarding all topics on human resource within the company. The human resource department is well interlinked with all areas of the Harrison Brothers Corporation‚ from CEO to housekeeping. Brenda McCain has to keep an overview on workers performance ranging through
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Function of Human Resource Management: The main function of human resource management is classified into two types: (a) Managerial Function; (b) Operative Function. (a)Managerial Function: Following are the managerial function : (1)Planning: The planning function of HRM dept. pertains to the steps taken in determining in advance personnel requirements‚ personnel programmes‚ policies etc. (2)Organization: Under organization‚ the human resource manager has to organize the operative functions by
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Session 1 – Review Human Resource Functions Strategic Plans A Strategic Plan is a comprehensive plan in relation to the organisation’s goals and objectives. A Strategic Plan is usually developed with a period of 3 to 5 years in mind. The Strategic Plan should include the overall Mission‚ Vision and Values (covered later in this material) of the organisation along with targets for the accomplishments the organisation expects to achieve. The Strategic Plan should outline specific measures that
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HRM Function The role of human resource management is to plan‚ develop and administer policies and programmes designed to make expeditious use of an organisation’s human rusources. It is that part of management which is concerned with the people at work and with their relationship within an enterprise. The major functional areas in human resource management are: 1. Planning‚ 2. Staffing‚ 3. Employee development‚ and 4. Employee maintenance. A brief description of usual human resource functions are Human
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Human Resource Management (HRM) is the utilization of individuals to achieve organizational objectives that involves with are staffing‚ human resource development‚ compensation‚ safety and health‚ employee and labor relations (Mondy‚ 2012) Staffing is the process through which an organization ensures that it is always has the proper number of employees with the appropriate skills in the right jobs‚ at the right time‚ to achieve organizational goals. (Mondy‚ 2012) If an organization fails to manage
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"Roles of HRM" Roles of HRM Pepper K. Metoyer Grantham University Function 1: Manpower planning It has been proven that there are penalties for not being correctly staffed. When a company is either understaffed‚ or overstaffed‚ it can become costly‚ as well as detrimental to the welfare of the company and its employers‚ and employees. a. Understaffing can have a company lose its business economy‚ specialization‚ orders‚ customers and profits. b. Overstaffing can be wasteful
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