Application Case 1-1 to: | Wendy Tisland | from: | Jamie Boyle | subject: | Application case 1-1 | date: | September 15, 2014 | | | | |
1. Human resource management consists of numerous activities. What areas were illustrated by Sam’s schedule on this particular day? There was a number of human resource management activities illustrated by Sam’s schedule on this particular day. The first was the management by objectives (MBO) program that Sam was worried about. This project had been in the works for over a year now, and needed to be implemented. The next HRM activity was supervisory training programs. Sam needed to think of ideas for these programs. It is an important role of HRM to keep their employees trained and up to speed with the job. Employee record keeping was the next issue. HRM has the responsibility to ensure that employee records are correct and easy to access with the program. Employee grievances were something that needed to be dealt with that day, as well. It is the job of HRM to make sure that the employees are happy and getting along. They need to keep employee satisfaction. An unhappy employee will not be beneficial to the company. Another issue that Sam had to deal with was the payroll. It is the job of human resources to make sure employees are getting paid correctly. The next HRM activity was the flood of applicants that came into the office in response to an advertisement in the paper. It is part of human resources duties to recruit, hire, and fill positions as necessary. The next event was a mandatory staff meeting with department heads that Sam needed to attend. He later received phone calls from the production superintendent, needed more experienced workers. Sam also received a call from the personnel manager that wanted to discuss some events regarding the Eastern plant. These were the activities that took place during