...Management; HRM Functions; HRD Concept; HRD Strategy; HR Responsibilities; Environmental Factors of HRM: Environmental Factors, Challenges to HRM. Concepts and Process of Human Resource Planning Human Resource Planning: Importance, Process, Barriers; Strategic Planning; Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS); Forecasting Demands: Forecasting Supply; Man Power Forecasting. Emerging Trends in HRM Outsourcing and its HR Dimensions; Human Resource Planning and Downsizing: Voluntary Redundancy and Ways of Downsizing Processing; Importance of Bench Marking; Case Study: Bench Marking VRS Practices and Compensation Management. Job Analysis: Recruitment and Selection Job Analysis: 6 Steps, Job Description vs. Job Specification, Methods of Collecting Job Analysis Information; Role of Recruitment and Selection: Situational Factors in Recruitment, Recruitment Policy, External and Internal Sources of Recruiting and its Merits and Demerits, Selection Process and its Types, Structured Interview Guide. Training and Development Orientation; Training and Development; the Steps in Training Process; Career and Succession Planning: Career Stages, Career Development, Career Management Succession Planning; Case Discussion on Succession Planning. Compensation Introduction: Meaning, Objectives of Compensation; Components of Compensation System; Compensation Management Process; Factors of Determining Pay Rates; Pay Incentives; Employee Benefits and Services; Case Study: Comparing Industry Trends in Pay Rates...
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...Diploma in Business Administration Project: Evaluation of the HRM strategies of Saudi Snack Foods ltd Human Resource Management Level 2 Submitted to: Miss. Amnah Rahat Prepared by: Aimun Hannan, Ayesha Alvi and Hayfa Khan Due Date: 22nd March, 2011 Acknowledgement "We would like to thank our teacher, Miss Amnah Rahat for giving us this project and for her encouragement, advice and guidance. She has inspired us greatly to work on this project. We are highly indebted to our friends, for their support, as well as helping us in all the difficulties we faced. Finally we would like to express our gratitude and deepest thanks to our beloved parents, for there understanding and support for the completion of this project." Table of Contents 1. Executive summary………………………………………1 2. Introduction……………………………………………….2 3. Steps in developing the HR strategy of Saudi Snack Foods Ltd……………..…………………………………………….3 1. Recruitment and Selection…..……………………..3 2. Training and development…………………………4 3. Job analysis…………………………………………5 4. Job description and Job specification……………. 6 5. Job Design…………………………………………10 6. Appraisal Procedure………………………………11 7. Employee transfer…………………………………12 8. Hiring and Firing procedure………………………13 ...
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...Technology, Yola ABSTRACT This paper introduces the development of Human Resource Management (HRM) from a historical perspective and explains the debate between HRM and personnel management. Thus, the paper identifies the historical developments and their impacts on HRM, outlines the development and functions of HRM, explains the differences between HRM and Personnel Management, evaluates ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ approaches to HRM, illustrates how diversity is an issue in Human Relations (HR) practice and finally considers HRM as an international issue. It concludes with a discussion about ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ models of HRM and its implications for the human resource manager. INTRODUCTION The term "human resource management" has been commonly used for about the last ten to fifteen years. Prior to that, the field was generally known as "personnel administration." The name change is not merely cosmetics. Personnel administration, which emerged as a clearly defined field by the 1920s (at least in the US), was largely concerned the technical aspects of hiring, evaluating, training, and compensating employees and was very much of "staff" function in most organizations. The field did not normally focus on the relationship of disparate employment practices on overall organizational performance or on the systematic relationships among such practices. The field also lacked a unifying paradigm. HRM developed in response to the substantial increase in competitive pressures American business...
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...11 1.12 Objectives Introduction Opening Case What is Human Resource Management? Nature of HRM Scope of HRM Objectives of HRM Functions of HRM Role of HRM HRM in the New Millennium Summary Self Assessment Questions Reference Books 1.0 Objectives After studying this unit, you will be able to: 1.1 Understand the basic concepts of human resource management (HRM). Explain what human resource management is and how it relates to the management process. Provide an overview of functions of HRM. Describe how the major roles of HR management are being transformed. Explain the role of HRM in the present millennium. Introduction Human beings are social beings and hardly ever live and work in isolation. We always plan, develop and manage our relations both consciously and unconsciously. The relations are the outcome of our actions and depend to a great extent upon our ability to manage our actions. From childhood each and every individual acquire knowledge and experience on understanding others and how to behave in each and every situations in life. Later we carry forward this learning and understanding in carrying and managing relations at our workplace. The whole context of Human Resource Management revolves around this core matter of managing relations at work place. Since mid 1980’s Human Resource Management (HRM) has gained acceptance in both academic and commercial circle. HRM is a multidisciplinary organizational function...
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...(Log book): 5936 Word Count (Reflective commentary): 1495 Date of Submission: 07th Jan 2012 Contents 1. Week 1 Developing the practitioner……………………………P:3 2. Week 2 Communication………………………………………………P:4 3. Week 3 Presentation Skill…………………………………………….P:5 4. Week 4 Training and Learning……………………………………..P:6 5. Week 5 Equality and Diversity……………………………………..P:7 6. Week 6 Recruitment and Selection……………………………..P:8 7. Week 7 Performance management and Appraisal……….P:9 8. Week 8 Absence Management……………………………………P:10 9. Week 9 Counselling and Mediation………………………………P:11 10.Week 10 Grievance and Discipline……….....……………...P:12 11.Week 11 Developing the Practitioner……………………..P:14 12.Week 12 Management of Change……………………………P:15 Reflective Statement…………………………………………………..P:17 Reference list……………………………………………………………..p:21 Date: 25 /09/2012 Seminar 1- Developing the practitioner Legge (1995) concludes that there is very little difference between human resource management and personnel management, but there are some differences that are important. Human resource management concentrates more on planning, control and monitoring than on what is done for manager and employee’s mediation. Staffing objectives, performance objectives, Change-management objectives and administration objectives are the four basic objectives of human resource activity. Through I reading the notion of these objectives, CPD and the skills of being the ‘thinking’ performer is...
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...References 7.0 Tutor Marked Assignment 1.0 Introduction This course is related to the nature and scope of Human Resource Management. This unit focuses specifically on the nature of human resource management. The unit is a guide to the field of human resource management. Let us look at what you should learn in this unit as specified in the Unit objectives below: 2.0 Objectives By the end of this unit, you should be able to: Describe the nature of human resource management Identify what human resources are Define management 3.0 The Nature of Human Resource Management NOUN 2 EDA 702 3.1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATION Definition of Human Resource The term ‘human resource management’ (HRM) has been subjected to considerable debate. The concept is shrouded in managerial hype and its underlying philosophy and character is highly controversial because it lacks precise formulation and agreement as to it’s significance. Nonetheless, definition of the subject matter is given according to Bratton and Gold (1999:11) as: “That...
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...1 Lesson: 2 HRM functions Contents: Elements of HRM functions Importance of HRM functions Personnel functions HRM vs. Personnel Functions HRD Instruments HRD Processes HRD Outcomes Appendix: 2 Articles on HRD Learning Objective this Unit By the end of this Unit, you should be able to: Give concise definition for HRM functions. Clearly articulate the difference between HRM and Personnel philosophy and functions. Describe the various instruments/functions of HRM. Know the processes resulting from the instruments and the final outcomes. 1. 2. 3. MS 22B - Eddie Corbin, Lecturer 2 2 Dear students, hope the first lesson gave you a fair idea of what the field of HRM holds for us. Today let us know a little bit more about the same. You all keep hearing about personnel management. You must be wondering what’s the difference between personnel management and HRM and what is HRD?? So in this lesson we are going to tackle the same question. Let us begin by having a systemic view of HRM .Let us understand this with the help of a slide: Stakeholder Interest •Shareholders •Management •Employees •Government •Community •Unions HRM Policy •Employee influence •HR flow •Reward systems •Work systems Situational Factors •Workforce Characteristics •Business strategy •Management philosophy •Labour market •Unions •Task environment •Laws/social values HR Outcomes •Commitment •Competence •Congruence •Costeffectiveness Long-Term Consequences •Individual well-being...
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...Topic 1- Human Resource Management (HRM) Today HRM act as vital role in field of Organizational Management. It is the human aspect of Organizational Management or Business Administration in an organization. HRM is defined as : “HRM is the efficient and effective utilization of Human Resources (HR) to achieve goals of an organization”(Opatha, ) According to the above definition of HRM, a) An organization means an economic and social entity composed of a group of people who interact with each other for the purpose of achieving a common goal. b) Goal refers to desired targets to be achieved in the future. The basic goal of any organization should ideally be to serve the human society. Example; to upgrade the standard of living of Sri Lankan people through the production and distribution of high quality dairy products. c) Human Resources are employees who work for the organization being concerned. It is not an exaggeration that HR is the most significant resource compared with other resources such as financial resources, physical resources, etc. The overwhelming significance of HR is due to its unique characteristics. d) Efficient utilization of HR means optimum use of employee by eradicating or minimizing wastage. It denotes utilizing the right employees in the right number at the right cost. • It is animate, active and living • It has the ability to think, feel and react • Its value appreciate with the passage of time ...
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...North South University School of Business Project on: HRM issues of Unilever Bangladesh Limited Course: Mgt-351, Sec-8 Submitted To: Naureen Khan Submitted By: 1. Mohammad Maruf Ahmed ID 1130564030 2. Md.Khairul Amin Bhuiyan 3. Anirban Muhury 1310476030 4. H.M. Tanjim 1220215030 Work done by members Name | work | Pages | Mohammad Maruf Ahmed | Executive summery to selection process | 3-16 | Md.Khairul Amin Bhuiyan | Orientation, Training and Development | 17-20 | Anirban Muhury | Appraisal and compensation method | 21-25 | H.M. Tanjim | Grievance and recommendation | 25-30 | Table of content Content | Page | Introduction | 4 | Unilever Bangladesh | 5 | Management structure of Unilever | 7 | Recruitment | 10 | Selection | 14 | Training and Development | 18 | Appraisals and Compensation | 21 | Grievance | 24 | Recommendation | 28 | Conclusion | 30 | Reference | 31 | Executive Summary This report provides an analysis of Human Resource Management issues of the world’s leading fast moving consumer goods company Unilever Bangladesh Limited. In this competitive business era, there are so many strategy related to Human Resource (HR). We tried our best to prove that the UBL utilizes those strategies in order to exploit its human resource. We tried to demonstrate...
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...Project Title: HR Audit INDEX SR NO. | TOPIC | PAGE NO. | 1 | Acknowledgement | 3 | 2 | Executive Summary | 4 | 3 | Introduction to HR Audit | 6 | 4 | Qualitative & Quantitative Indicators for HR Audit | 8 | 5 | Types of Audit | 13 | 6 | HR Audit Process | 17 | 7 | Human Resource Management v/s Performance | 21 | 8 | Approaches to Human Resources Audit | 25 | 9 | HR Audit Tools | 30 | 10 | Checklist for HR Audit | 33 | 11 | Audit Report | 35 | 12 | Audit of HR Results | 36 | 13 | HR Audit in India | 37 | 14 | Conclusion | 40 | 15 | Bibliography | 49 | s ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “For any successful work, it owes its thanks to many” Presentation of this project gives us the feeling of fulfillment. It has taken an exhaustive effort in preparing this project. It took several hours, several days, and several meetings amongst us to make this project work up to its expectations. The faculty members of our college have provided us with great source of inspiration and have provided great help in pursuing this project. Many individuals have contributed in preparation of his project. We take this opportunity to thank few people without whom this project would not have been possible. We would like to thank our faculties for their kind support. Our sincere thanks go to our project guide Prof.Anjali Saida, who helped us through many aspects and whose friendly guidance on many issues helped us for the betterment of our project. Without her support...
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...HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HNC/HND and Business Contents LO1. Understand the difference between personnel management and human resource management 5 1.1 Distinguish the difference between personnel management and human resource management. 5 1.2 Access the function of human resource management in contributing to organisational purposes of Tesco. 6 1.3 Evaluate the role and responsibilities of line managers in human resource practices of Tesco. 7 1.4 Analyze the impact of legal and regulatory framework on human resource management of Tesco 7 L.O 2 Understand how to recruit employees 8 2.1 Analyse the reason for human resources planning in organisations 8 2.2 Outline the stages involved in planning human resource requirements 9 2.3 Compare the recruitment and selection process in two organisations 9 2.4 Evaluate the effectiveness of the recruitment and selection techniques in two organisations 11 Task 3 Understand how to reward employees in order to motivate and retain them 12 3.1 Assess the link between motivational theory and reward 12 3.2 Evaluate the process of job evaluation and other factors determining pay 13 3.3 Assess the effectiveness of reward systems in different contexts 14 3.4 Examine the methods organisations use to monitor employee performance 15 Task 4 16 Know the mechanism for the cessation of the employment 16 ...
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...•-V-? __ H U MAN RESOURCE GLOBAL EDITION THIRTEENTH EDITION MANAGEMENT GARY DESSLER FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY PEARSON Boston Columbus Indianapolis Dubai New York London Sydney San Francisco Madrid Hong Kong Milan Seoul Upper Saddle River Munich Paris Montreal Taipei Toronto Amsterdam Delhi Cape Town Mexico City Sao Paulo Singapore Tokyo G O N T E N TS Preface 23 Acknowledgments PART ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 27 28 28 30 Introduction to Human Resource Management What Is Human Resource Management? 30 Why Is Human Resource Management Important to All Managers? Line and Staff Aspects of Human Resource Management 32 Line Managers' Human Resource Duties 33 Human Resource Manager's Duties 33 New Approaches to Organizing HR 35 Cooperative Line and Staff HR Management: An Example Globalization and Competition Trends 37 Indebtedness ("Leverage") and Deregulation Technological Trends 38 Trends in the Nature of Work 39 35 WHAT IS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? 31 THE TRENDS SHAPING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 38 36 • HR AS A PROFIT CENTER: Boosting Customer Service Workforce and Demographic Trends 40 Economic Challenges and Trends 42 40 THE NEW HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS 43 Human Resource Management Yesterday and Today 43 They Focus More on Strategic, Big Picture Issues 43 • THE STRATEGIC CONTEXT: Building LL.Bean 43 44 They Use New Ways to Provide Transactional Services They Take an Integrated...
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...HUMAN RESOURCE EFH LT MANAGEMENT ™ EDITION Gary Dessler Florida International University .I r e i l t l C e J r l 3 . l l Boston Columbus Indianapolis Dubai New York London Sydney San Francisco Madrid Milan Seoul Upper Saddle River Munich Paris Montreal Taipei Toronto Amsterdam Delhi Cape Town Mexico City Sao Paulo Hong Kong Singapore Tokyo Contents Preface xxiii Acknowledgments xxvii Introduction to Human Resource Management 2 WHAT IS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? What Is Human Resource Management? 4 Why Is Human Resource Management Important to All Managers? 5 Line and Staff Aspects of Human Resource Management 6 Line Managers' Human Resource Duties 6 Human Resource Manager's Duties 7 New Approaches to Organizing HR 9 Cooperative Line and Staff HR Management: An Example 9 Moving from Line Manager to HR Manager 10 THE TRENDS SHAPING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 10 Globalization and Competition Trends 11 Indebtedness ("Leverage") and Deregulation 12 Technological Trends 12 Trends in the Nature of Work 13 Workforce and Demographic Trends 14 Economic Challenges and Trends 15 IMPORTANT TRENDS IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 16 The New Human Resource Managers 16 Strategic Human Resource Management 18 High-Performance Work Systems 19 Evidence-Based Human Resource Management 19 19 • EVIDENCE-BASED HR: Why Should You Be Evidence-Based? Managing Ethics 20 HR Certification 20 THE PLAN OF THIS BOOK 21 The Basic Themes...
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... T his subject/course is designed to teach the basic principles of Human Resource Management (HRM) to diverse audience/students, including those who are studying this as a supporting subject for their bachelor degree program. This course is designed to provide you the foundations of HRM whether you intend to work in HRM or not, most of these elements will affect you at some point in your career. Either you will be working with some organizations or having people working for you, in both cases you will be dealing with people. To be understandable and lively means that we need to communicate you. We start every chapter with learning objectives. The most important thing you will get out of this course are the basic skills required to succeed in today’s environment which are, you must be able to communicate, think creatively, plan effectively and deal with people. Copyright © Virtual University of Pakistan 1 Human Resource Management (MGT501) INTRODUCTION TO HRM After studying this chapter, students should be able to understand the following: Describe HRM? Explain why are we concerned about HRM? Discuss Road-map of HRM VU Lesson 1 LESSON OVERVIEW This chapter introduces the students with the basic concepts of the human resource management (HRM). During the lecture, we will be discussing the three main things, i.e. the introduction to HRM, the importance of HRM, and a brief discussion of the Resource topics that will follow today’s lecture. A basic concept of...
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... African Studies Centre / University of Groningen / Mzumbe University African Public Administration and Management series, vol. 2 Fundamentals of human resource management Emerging experiences from Africa Josephat Stephen Itika Published by: African Studies Centre P.O. Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden asc@ascleiden.nl www.ascleiden.nl Cover design: Heike Slingerland Photos: Evans Mathias Kautipe Printed by Ipskamp Drukkers, Enschede ISSN 2211-8284 ISBN 978-90-5448-108-9 © University of Groningen / Mzumbe University, 2011 To all those who believe that African countries, organisations and people have a contribution to make in the meaningful adaptation and application of Eurocentric concepts, theories, assumptions, principles, techniques and practices and in anticipation that such contributions will liberate African managers from mismanagement and inefficiencies. Preface This book is not just one of the many introductions to Human Resource Management that are published, year after year, for use in HRM classes. Authors of those introductions face many challenges, such as the need to produce something that is both theoretically sound and practically valuable, or to find a way to integrate discussions on a variety of topics into one comprehensible teaching tool. The author of this book took up those challenges by, on the one hand, closely following the conventions that HRM scholars all over the world adhere to with regards to the demarcation of subfields within the HRM discipline, and...
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