...Introduction To Human Resource Management ↓ Every business unit needs human resource (manpower) for the conduct of different business activities. In fact, no organisation can exist or operate efficiently without the support of human resource. Such human resource includes top level managers, executives, supervisors and other subordinate / lower level staff / employees. A business organisation has to estimate its future manpower needs and adjust its manpower planning and development programmes accordingly. This is called 'staffing' function of management. Human resource management is also described as personnel management or manpower management. According to Edwin Flippo, "Personnel Management is the planning, organising, directing and controlling of the procurement, development, compensation, integration and maintenance of people for the purpose of contributing to organizational, individual and social goals". Various areas such as recruitment and selection, wage payment and industrial relations are covered under human resource management. Meaning of Human Resource ↓ In an industrial unit, large number of persons are employed in order to conduct various operations and activities. This is treated as human resource or manpower employed. A business unit needs material resources as well as human resource for the conduct of various activities. Of all the "M"s in management (such as Materials, Machines, Methods and Money) the most important "M" stands for Men i.e., manpower...
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...in Bangladesh: A Case on GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Limited Laila Zaman* East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Bangladesh Limited, a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline plc is world's one of the leading research-based pharmaceutical companies that commits to improve the quality of human life with an immense status and brand image all through Bangladesh over last 60 years. It is the human resource who has maximized the success of the company. Recruitment and selection practices are the key factors to the entry point of human resources which ensures the success and growth of an organization. In this study the detail chain and sequence of activities pertaining to recruitment and selection of different level of management and non-management employable candidates has identified through interviewing the HR employees of GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Limited. Findings show that the case study organization is doing a very good practice in recruitment and selection process that could help many other employers in Bangladesh and around the world to get suitable candidate and also helpful for researcher to do more research on recruitment and selection process. Keywords: GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Limited, recruitment and selection, pharmaceutical companies Introduction GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Bangladesh Limited, a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline plc is world's one of the leading research-based pharmaceutical companies that commits to improve the quality of human life with an immense...
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...Transmission Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is an acquired disease that infects white blood cells in humans, specifically Killer T cells, which destroys the chances of fighting off common colds and common infections in individuals. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been known to have first erupted from chimpanzees and monkeys in Africa. When hunting for food, humans would come in contact with infected blood, which is believed to be the leading cause of the communicable disease. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can be transmitted through sexually active individuals, blood transfusions, sharing of needles, through pregnancy, or breastfeeding. Infections may be transmitted through semen, infected blood, or vaginal secretions, which also has a possibility to become Acquire Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in some individuals (Mayo Clinic, 2014). HIV Symptoms and Treatment Patients who are infected with Human Immunodeficiency Transmission (HIV), may not experience symptoms for up to ten years. With susceptibility to the disease, individuals are able to spread the disease without realizing they have acquired the illness. Symptoms developed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) include: Diarrhea, fatigue, fever, vaginal yeast infections, headaches, mouth sores, muscle stiffness, rashes, sore throats, and swollen lymph glands (New York Times, 2014). In order to test for patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), scientists test for ELISA or the Western blot tests that...
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...Analyze the selection process of the company you researched and make recommendations for improvement. 3. Assess the effectiveness of human resource planning and performance management systems. 4. Determine how training and talent management contribute to an effective labor force of the company you researched. 5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: * Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. * Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: * Assess the effectiveness of human resource planning and performance management systems. * Explain how training and talent management contribute to an effective labor force. * Assess the effectiveness of human resource planning and performance management systems. * Use technology and information resources to research issues in employee and labor relations. Write clearly and concisely about employee and labor relations using proper writing...
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... Introduction Psychological tests are useful instruments both in the social, economic and medical sectors as they help in the selection of individual for either job placements or therapeutic purposes. This paper will mainly focus on the application of these tests in identifying, recruiting, employing and promoting of candidates in different job positions in companies and industries. Some organizations have devised methods for carrying out these activities. Among them are the psychological assessment tests, usually given at the inception stage of the recruitment to help in identifying a candidate with the desired traits and qualifications for the jobs. What is the meaning of a psychological test? According to (Gilliland, 1993), a psychological test is a mechanism used by organizations to identify the suitable people for the right positions. The tests involve the use of legally and professionally developed methods of measuring intellectual and personality strengths, communication ability, and leadership skills of the individual in question. Interviews and structured questionnaires are commonly used during the process. These tests are however not 100% efficient. For one, some of the answers to the questions given depend solely on the honesty of the interviewees. In this case, the candidate may decide to keep some necessary information. In this case, it would therefore be an obligation of the interviewers to devise alternative...
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...Products • • • • • • • Project Plan P j t Pl Meeting Record Change Request Acceptance Record Progress Status Record Correction Register Verification Results 2 Project Plan • Product Description - Purpose - General Customer requirements • Scope description of what is included and what is not • Objectives of the project • Deliverables p - list of products to be delivered to Customer • Tasks, including verification, validation and reviews with Customer and Work Team, to assure the quality of work products. Tasks may be represented as a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). • Relationship and Dependence of the Tasks Project Plan (Con’t) • Estimated Duration of tasks • Resources (humans materials standards equipment and (humans, materials, standards, tools) including the required training, and the schedule when the resources are needed. • Composition of Work Team • Schedule of the Project Tasks, the expected start and completion date, for each task. • E ti t d Effort and Cost Estimated Eff t d C t • Identification of Project Risks 3 Project Plan (Con’t) • Version Control Strategy - Product repository tools or mechanism identified - Location and access mechanisms for the repository specified - Version identification and control defined - Backup and recovery mechanisms defined - Storage, handling and delivery (including archival and retrieval) mechanisms specified Project Plan (Con’t) • Delivery Instructions - Elements required for product release identified (i e (i.e., hardware...
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...Fundamentals of Human Resource Management Student’s Name Institution Fundamentals of Human Resource Management True and False: Please mark either T or F in the appropriate space before the question (7 * .25 each = 1.75 points) 1. __T__ Today’s managers have found that employees do not set aside their cultural values and lifestyle preferences when they come to work. The challenge is to make organizations more accommodating to diverse groups of people by addressing different lifestyles, family needs, and work styles. 2. __T__ Work Process Engineering is referred to at times as work process reengineering because it goes beyond incremental change and requires an organization to face the possibility that what the organization may need is radical or quantum change. 3. __F__ Drug testing in today’s organization is conducted not to eliminate illegal substance at the point of hire, but only to catch those using it in the workplace. 4. __F__ Type A behavior is characterized by a procrastinated sense of time urgency, excessively competitive drive, and difficulty accepting and enjoying leisure time. 5. __F__ the purpose of job analysis is ONLY concerned with the amount of money that is paid to the employee for following their job description. 6.__T_ some stress in organizations is absolutely necessary; without it, workers lack energy. 7._T__ Employee assistance programs (EAPS) are specific programs designed to help employees with personal problems. ...
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...Instructor: Dr. Denise J. Pica-Branco HSA 530 May 16th, 2013 Introduction Inclusive of this paper will be the steps I, the manager of HR, deem necessary to increase the progression of effectiveness of HRM in this organization. This paper will also examine current trends in health care that have an impact on human resource management. In this paper I will suggest a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Afterwards, I will recommend a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for healthcare. This paper will recommend a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives. Lastly, included in this paper I will determine a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Current trends in healthcare that are affecting human resources management Currently, there are both positive and negative trends in healthcare human resources. However, present trends in the health care industry are unlimited. These trends include some of the following: • The aging of the workforce and retirement of the Baby Boom generation (those born between 1945 and 1964). • Problems finding skilled workers. • Economic uncertainty and volatility. http://www.shrm.org/research/futureworkplac...
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...Introduction: Banking is known as the backbone of the national economy. Banks play an important role in the business sector & promoting industrialization & economic development of the country. Banks provide necessary funds for the executing various program underway in the process of economic development. All sorts of economy & financial activities revolve around the bank. As the industry produces goods & commodities, bank creates & controls money market & promotes formation of capital. Bank is a powerful medium to bring socio-economic changes in a developing country like Bangladesh. The three important sectors in Bangladesh like Agriculture, Commerce & Industry provide the bulk of the country’s wealth. So the nourishment of these sectors is only possible through satisfactory banking facility. Development of banking system can provide the necessary boost for the rapid economy growth of a country. Basically, Bank collects deposit from the customers at a lower rate of interest & lends it to the borrowers at a higher rate of interest considering the cost of fund. The difference amount indicates the operating profit for a bank. Banks provide different services, credits to the customers. The customer comes from all walks of life, from a small business to a multi-national corporation having its business activities all around the worlds. The bank has to satisfy the requirements of different customers belonging to various social groups. The banking...
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...HRM/558 Research in Human Resource Management August 13, 2012 Colleen Mason Evaluation Criteria Paper As the form of technology changes so do the need for new companies. Opening new companies enable new job opportunities. Bradford Enterprise is a company that has made a positive impact on expanding. Within the last 12 months Bradford Enterprise has doubled their locations from 10 to 22 and tripled their employees from 3,000 to 8,000. Expansion shows that a company is doing well and having a successful human resource department to help both the company and its employee’s stands out. Has the HR manager I will explain the necessary tools used to identify the selection test that will be used for each job applicant, the human resources information systems (HRIS), and a succession plan that will keep Bradford Enterprise afloat. After carefully reviewing the necessary skills needed to fill the opened positions here at Bradford Enterprise, I have come up with a series of test for screening the applicants. These selection tests will help with recognizing the applicant’s skills, abilities, and aptitude. These tests will demonstrate how well the applicants complete specific job duties. Tests will be on a computerized testing system. This is an easier way for human resources to keep track of the way the test has been administered, and help with scoring errors. These tests are a form of adaptive testing. Adaptive tests are made up of questions chosen from a large test bank to match the...
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...DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT Human Resources Management System Project Master of Science in Information Technology TS5990 – Integrative Project Capella University Prepared by Monica Macedon Presented to Instructor - Professor Sharon Gagnon November 26, 2005 Contents Page Abstract 3 Purpose 4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 6 Project Scope 6 Project Plan 7 PROJECT COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT 8 Human Resource Communication 8 PROJECT CONTROLLING 8 Integrated Change Control 8 PROJECT COST MANAGEMENT 9 Costs and Benefits 9 PROJECT QUALITY MANAGEMENT 10 Quality Control 10 PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT 10 Project Risk Plan 10 PROJECT EXECUTION 10 Executing Processes 10 SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION 48 Integration Plan 48 Conversion Plan 48 APPENDICES Appendix A: Eastern Carolina Vocational Center Business Statement 14 Appendix B: Project Charter 16 Appendix C: Scope Statement 19 Appendix D: HRMS Work Breakdown Structure 21 Appendix E: Stakeholder Communication Analysis 23 Appendix F: Status...
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...Douglas v. Green were two landmark cases in Title VII of the civil rights act. The cases led to a legal standard and framework which are still followed today in discrimination court cases. It is important for human resource departments to take steps in order to eliminate or greatly reduce discrimination in one’s company. Griggs v. Duke Power Company was an employment discrimination case that dealt with the legitimacy of high school diplomas and entrance intelligence test scores as requirements for employment. The court ruled unanimously opposing these requirements for employment at Duke Power Company. The result of the case led to employers being able to use intelligence tests only if they demonstrate a reasonable measure of...
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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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...•-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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