Human Resources

Question 1

What are the 4 funcional areas of a business?

Answer 1

Question 2

What does HR do and it importance?

Answer 2

Every company needs its people to maintain productivity and drive growth, and HR is the foundation that leads to that growth.

Question 3

What is HR management?

Answer 3

It is a management function concerned to promote and improve the development work effectiveness in an organization.

Question 4

What is the similarities and differences between HR and HC?

Answer 4

• Human resource: Potencial skills and experience obtainable from current staff.
• Human capital: Developed skills and experiences obtained through training.
  Both are human skills, capabilities, and talent that are essential to the success of any organization.

Question 5

What is the importance of HR management?

Answer 5

Question 6

Evolution of HR management

Answer 6

- Before Industrial Revolution: the society was primarily an agriculture economy with limited production, so the crafts were limited as well as the communication channel.
- First Industrial Revolution: the water and coal were used to produce inefficient steam to power machines in the textile industries, the communication and modernization increased. The WELFARE OFFICER was responsible for people’s wage (salaries), record tracking, facilities, and medical care. The labor unions were implemented (employees worked long hours and really low wages so they protest.)
- Second Industrial Revolution: the production increased so the workers improve the immigration and urbanization. They wanted to create more labor unions to protect the workers rights and have a better treatment.
- After Industrial Revolution: different studies were implemented.
1. Frederick W. Taylor (scientific principles): workers training, maintaining wage uniformity and focus on attaining better productivity.
2. Elton Mayo (Hawthorne studies)
3. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs
- Digital Revolution: result of globalization and technological development and the achievement is to to align individual goals and objectives with corporate goals and objectives.

Question 7

Differences between HR management and personnel management

Answer 7

Question 8

12 steps of recruitment and selection process

Answer 8

1. Identifying the hiring need: the company implements a new labor position.
2. Writing the job description
3. Considering internal promotion: another person of the company could awarded the new job.
4. Talent search process: publish what the company is looking for in websites.
5. Resumes screening: is the candidate selection process for the best one.
6. Phone call screening: a telephone interview with the candidate to validate its information, economic expectations, etc.
7. Checking references
8. Personally and cognitive tests
9. Interviewing candidates: align the expectations between the candidate and the company.
10. Job offer proposal: it needs to be attractive enough in salary, legal benefits, and any other specific benefits of the position.
11. Hiring: stay in touch with the new hires during this period.
12. Employee onboarding: induction programs of how the company works p, organization chart, strategies and procedures of their position.

Question 9

Job interview question

Answer 9

1. Tell me a little about yourself?
2. How did you hear about the position?
3. Why are you interested in this position?
4. Why should we hire you?
5. What do you consider your strengths and weaknesses?
6. Tell me a time you overcome a challenge?
7. What are your career goals?
8. Where do you see yourself in five years?
9. Why do you want to work here?
10. Do you have any questions for me?