It is a challenging and dynamic field and this because of changing economic conditions, competition, and changing recourse positions. If important factors must be addressed and they include:
1. Personnel outcomes – achieving organization and effectiveness, employee effectiveness and needs.
2. Organization environment – i.e. the job, the work group, work supervisor and employee.
3. Personnel activities – techniques, programs and approaches.
External environment – Influences and restricts a firm’s activities, objectives, strategies and personnel actions. It is influenced by :
i) Government requirements – this is represented by laws and regulations as they affect the management human resources. ii) Union expectations – as manifested by leadership members. Restricts and influences firm operations. iii) Economic conditions – changing always. Hiring and payment of employees is itself a reflection of how economic conditions influence companies’ operations. iv) Labour market conditions always changing availability of skilled manpower and expectations of people.
Definition
Human Resources Management – Is the set of activities that are intended to influence the effectiveness of human resources and organizations.
HRM Activities
a) Human Resource Planning
b) Employment Planning
c) Equal opportunity employment
d) Job design and analysis
e) Recruitment
f) Selection
g) Career development
h) Performance development (management)
i) Compensation
j) Health and Safety
k) Evaluation of Personnel

HANDOUT 1 Human Resources Planning
- This is a future and Action oriented process and looks at each individual as unique.
- It is a process by which management determines how the organization should move from its current (H.R.) position to a new desired position.
- HRD integrates internal and external environments and focuses personnel decisions towards human