...get the job or not. These individuals that have been at the forefront of every job application and interview are the Human Resources Management Department (HRM). Over the years this department has grown and changed into what we know to be, from what was once known as simply as “Personnel”. The growth and changes pertaining to the basic roles of HRM are not that different than those of the past. I’d like to begin by pointing out the basic roles of HRM. HRM roles, as explained for most major businesses; are like gears in a clock, they are all needed to be working properly for the company to work at a smooth and even pace. These roles are employee selection and recruitment, employee benefits and payroll, orientation and training, employee performance and compensation, job function analyzing and design, the safety/wellness of all employees and ensuring each employee has a safe and healthy work environment. Now as we look at the basic roles of personnel. Personnel’s roles are to ensure the completion of employee hiring, training, career development, retention, health, safety, retirement, social advancement, and even family well-being. These roles seems different by way of visual comparisons, but as you analyze them closely, you can see that they aren’t that much different from what are known to be the roles of HRM. Let’s a quick look at these roles as they compare with each other. The role employee selection and hiring is the first step a company will take to increase...
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...Int. J. of Human Resource Management 18:1 January 2007 147– 158 HRM practices in Egypt: the influence of national context? Mike Leat and Ghada El-Kot Abstract In this paper we present the findings of a study which collected data on a range of HRM practices normally used in 58 Egyptian organizations operating in Egypt. The range of practices is concerned with job descriptions, recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation, performance appraisal and employment security. We examine and discuss these practices in the Egyptian context. The dimensions of the Egyptian environment which we examine include: the socio-cultural context, Islam, the vocational education and training system and elements of the economic and legal environment. The practices and approaches being used by the sample organizations appear to be the product of both culture bound and culture free influences. The main contributions of the study are that it provides much needed information on the HRM practices and approaches being adopted by Egyptian-owned organizations in the early part of the 21st century and provides support for the influence of national context on the HRM practices pursued by indigenous organizations. Keywords Egypt; HRM practices; Islam; institutional context; culture. Introduction: HRM practices and national context Against a background of the increasing internationalization of business, globalization of markets and cross-national activity by multinational...
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...increasingly important to the organization’s performance. Hence HRM is becoming more important as it plays an important role in the people-aspect and social-aspect of the organization. This paper will briefly explain the definition of HRM and its history. Then this paper will list and explain the important functions of HRM. Furthermore, this paper will explain why HRM is becoming increasingly important in 21st century in which the performance of organizations is subject to the performance of individual employees. In addition, this paper will talk about Bentley Motors and its HRM as one of Britain’s TOP Employer in 2012 by Britain’s Top Employers Research. This paper will discuss the strength of Bentley Motors’ HRM and lastly it will provide three further suggestions on BM’s HRM to help it accommodate to possible challenges. What is HRM? HRM is an organizational function that deals with people-related issues, such as recruitment, training and learning programs, performance management, health and safety, compensation programs, wellness and benefits of the work force and employee motivation and communications. (Heathfield, nd) HRM was carried out in the 20th century and the first HRM specialist was a social worker hired by Rowntree in the UK in York in 1896 and was hired to ensure the safety and health of child and women in the operational facilities. (Foot and Hook, 2011) What does HRM do? (The functions of HRM) Nowadays HRM is becoming way more important and plays an important role...
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...Summary of Chapter 1: Introduction to HRM The book further provides a detailed explanation of the Line Managers’ Human Resource Duties like placing the right person on the right job, starting new employees in the organization (orientation), training employees for jobs that are new to them, improving the job performance of each person etc. In order to carry out this specialized assistance, the HR managers carries out three distinct functions, A line function, A coordinative function and Staff function. New approaches to Organizing HR have also been discussed with four specific points, the transactional HR, corporate HR, embedded HR and the centers of expertise, these are four groups within which the employees try to organize themselves. To further clear the concept of new approaches three different examples have also been shared. Then the chapter proceeds to how some trends are shaping up the HR management. Trends like, globalization, competition, technological innovations etc. are drastically changing the whole human resource management system. Due to globalization, trade groups like NAFTA, SAARC are formed which requires partnerships, job offshoring and more employment, this leads to training the employees to learn the culture and tradition of foreign countries to work in a congenial environment. Technological trends has enabled the introduction of high-tech jobs, new service jobs requiring technological expertise encouraging the knowledge workers and thus increasing the demand...
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...Employee Training and Career Development Jimmy Thompson HRM/300 August 17, 2013 Dr. Tim Lolatte Employee Training and Career Development Organizations could not properly function without employees. Whether it be a small to a large corporation, employees are what make an organization. Ensuring that the organization’s employees are well taken care of is vital to success and the human resources department is the tool that will help make the organization a successful business; therefore it is important that the HRM properly help to coordinate employee training programs, as well as career development programs for the employees. Role of Training The role of training in an organization’s development is important as the workplace consists of people from all different backgrounds, with people who have different views and beliefs. This is largely due to a person’s cultural views and the social group that they belong to. Many organizations, especially very large corporations, must ensure that they establish employee training programs as jobs in the workplace have become more complex (DeCenzo & Robbins, 2007, p. 209). Employee training is simply geared towards the employee’s job and the duties and tasks that it relates to. Often times, HRM plays a big role in helping to determine when or who needs the training, but it is mainly determined by supervisors or managers. When managers need to determine who or when an employee needs training...
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...Gruet Master in Business Management Basics of Human Resource Management I. 1. Management Essentials • Management involves setting goals and allocating scarce resources to achieve them. • Management is the process of efficiently achieving the objectives of the organization with and through people. • Primary Functions of Management Planning – establishing goals Organizing – determining what activities need to be done Leading – assuring the right people are on the job and motivated Controlling – monitoring activities to be sure goals are met 2. What is Human Resource Management? Definitions: . • Human Resource Management (HRM) is a subset of the study of management that focuses on how to attract, hire, train, motivate and maintain employees. Strong employees become a source of competitive advantage in a global environment facing change in a complex ways at a rapid pace. DeCenzo et al (2010:1) • "Human resource/personnel management may be defined as the planning, organizing, directing and controlling of the procurement, development, compensation, integration and maintenance and separation of human resources to the end that individual, organizational and societal objectives are accomplished." Edwin B.Elippo • ‘All those activities associated with the management of employment relationships in the firm’ Boxall and Purcell (2003: 1) • ‘The management of work and people in organizations’ Boxall et al (2007.7) HRM as ‘an inevitable process that accompanies...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM). 1) WHAT IS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT? Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business.The terms "human resource management" and "human resources" (HR) have largely replaced the term "personnel management" as a description of the processes involved in managing people in organizations. Human Resource management is evolving rapidly. Human resource management is both an academic theory and a business practice that addresses the theoretical and practical techniques of managing a workforce. The Human Resources Management (HRM) function includes a variety of activities, and key among them is deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to use independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations. Activities also include managing your approach to employee benefits and compensation, employee records and personnel policies. Usually small businesses (for-profit or nonprofit) have to carry out these activities themselves because they can't yet afford part- or full-time help...
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...Muhammed Mughni Atique B.sc (Hons), Business Administration Gift University Gujranwala IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES ONORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF BANKING SECTOR OF GUJRANWALA Keywords: Organizational Performance, Employee Satisfaction, Recruitment &Selection, Training & Development, Performance Appraisal and Compensation Abstract: The purpose of this study is to evaluate HRM practices and their impact on organizational performance in banking sector. People believe that HR is not important it’s just a sunk cost and have no significant positive effect on org. performance. The aim of this study was to check the impact between Human resource management and organizational performance. The research was conducted in banking sector of Gujranwala .We have evaluated the impact of functions of HR like Selection, Training, Appraisal and Compensation (as Independent Variables) on Organizational Performance (Dependent Variables). We have done research with the help of questionnaires. The conclusion and results are presented at the end of this paper. The analysis showed the positive relation between the dependent and independent variables. Introduction: Our financial sector evolved very differently from banks in the developed world. For nearly a year after partition, Pakistan had no central bank. Habib Bank – established in 1941 – filled this gap initially, until the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) was set up in 1948 under quasi-government ownership. Commercial...
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...1. P5 Analyze the importance of Employee relationship in respect to influence HRM decision making. Employee relations commonly deal with preventing and determine issues regarding individuals which possible arose out of or influence the work concept. Healthy and safe work is dependent on strong employee relationship environment, reward for employee motivation, and effective communication system in the organization. Enterprise Rent-a-Car management must focus on these issues in order to have an efficient and effective employee relationship (Employee Relations - Importance and Ways of Improving Employee Relations, 2016). Strategies that employers can use to engage employees depending on leader relating to worker at their level, solicited opinion from employees though survey. Employer at time can leave the boardroom and work with employees to recognize hindrances. Coach Manager to be responsible for the employer develop strong working environment. Make realistic goals significance to employee day by day experience (Gallup, 2016). 2. P6 Identify the key elements of employment legislation and the impact it has upon HRM decision-making. Equality ...
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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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...ASSIGNMENT 2 December 11 2012 The essay is based on a critical analysis on the interaction of HR and line managers, including the concept of HR business partnering, the integration of businesses and HR strategies, and integration of theories with practice using examples from organisations. Name:Ikenze tony Kalu STUDENT NO: 12234835 Word count: HR AND LINE MANAGERS HR managers are managers responsible for delivery of basic HRM services such as recruiting, hiring, training, organizational development, coaching, employee relation, communication, leadership, advice, salary and benefits, team building of staffs within an organization and also the well-being of people and relationship between management and employees (Susan, H, 2012). while the line manager are managers crucially responsible for administrative management of individuals, direct management of staffs within an organization and the supervision and discipline of their employees and performance appraisal (John ,F ,2012) in addition the line managers have the power to influence the employees behaviour (cascio,2008;cited in faisal et al ,2011). Interaction between the HR mangers and line managers However the interaction between the HR manager and the line manager is very essential within an organization, a previous research carried out by Stockton Borough Council (2011) showed that there is an existing culture of both managers working together to address people management responsibilities, this research...
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...MCC MCC (Missouri Computational Company) is a multinational group created in 1952 which successfully develops, manufactures and sells computers of medium and high capacity. It is building up business in North and South America, in Europe, in South-Eastern Asia, in Australia and in the Middle East. The American Headquarter, located in Saint Louis, Missouri, co-ordinates the production, the activity of research and development, the HRM policy and financial aspects. The factories are located in Saint Louis and Newark, New Jersey. The sales activities are structured in regional divisions. The major business sectors of MCC have regional sales under their responsibility. This decentralised organisation has some limits. Indeed, there is a centralisation with regard to the logos, the letters used, the types of products and the financial criteria to respect. The central level co-ordinates the standardisation of the working conditions, the classification of jobs and the planning of HR policy, while the recruiting is carried out at the level of the regional entities. Each one of them has its own human resource management and financial management. A Management Committee gathers at the headquarter every two weeks. The direction wishes to reinforce the MCC spirit of globalisation: the requirements of the customers are increasingly international, the overseas sales of the group are developing, even if the export growth remains difficult to foresee, and the manufacturing units are...
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...day-to-day employee relations. Human resources professionals from this category would be involved in any dispute that an employee has with management. They would also be involved in hiring and firing. These types of tasks can be described as routine and administrative. By contrast, human resources development concerns itself with strategic thinking about the workforce. Therefore training needs, industrial psychology and driving productivity gains would all be the province of HRD. Professionals working in this area do sometimes concern themselves with the individuals’ needs in an organization, but they more often consider the workforce needs of the company as a whole. In a large organization, HRM and HRD functions will be carried out by different professionals. In the work life of an employee, HRM and HRD may seem to have parallel but separate functions. A new employee may be recruited by...
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...resource managers through several of theorists and management theories to achieve their goal and benefit the organisation in order to bring profitability. Human Resource Management (HRM) In simple and short form Human resource management is the process of hiring and developing employees so that they can become more valuable to the organisation. HRM is also strategic and comprehensive approach to managing people and the workplace culture and environment. Effective HRM enables employees to contribute effectively and productively to the overall company direction and the accomplishment of the organisation’s goals and objectives. HRM is moving away from traditional personnel, administration, and transactional roles. Now HRM is expected to add value to the strategic utilization of employees and that employee programs impact the business in measurable ways. The new role of HRM involves strategic direction and culture. Developments in the field of HRM are well documented (see Sisson and Storey, 2000). The history of HRM goes back as far as the 1950s. This was succeeded by the ‘Behavioural science movement’ in the 1960s headed by Maslow, Argyris and Herzberg. These theorists argued for a better quality of working life for workers. The last 25 years or so there has been a rapid development in the field of HRM, which are an outcome of a number of factors such as globalisation, growing competition and realisation about the importance of HRM’s contribution towards organisations performance...
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