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What is Human Resource Management (HRM)?
HRM refers to the comprehensive set of managerial activities and tasks concerned with attracting, developing, and maintaining a qualified workforce in ways that contribute to organizational effectiveness.
What are the functions of management?
The functions of management include Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Leading, and Controlling.
What does the Planning function entail?
Planning involves establishing goals and standards, developing plans and procedures, and creating forecasts.
What is involved in the Organizing function?
Organizing involves assigning tasks, establishing departments, delegating authority, and coordinating work.
What does Staffing include?
Staffing includes recruiting, selecting employees, setting performance standards, compensating, evaluating, counseling, and training employees.
What is the role of Leading in management?
Leading involves motivating subordinates and maintaining morale to ensure the job gets done.
What does the Controlling function consist of?
Controlling involves setting standards, comparing actual performance to these standards, and taking corrective action as needed.
What are Human Resources?
Human Resources are the people an organization employs to carry out various jobs in exchange for compensation.
What are the key functions of Human Resource Management?
Key functions include Recruitment & Selection, Training & Development, Performance Management, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Employee Wellness, Organizational Development, and Compliance.
What is the significance of HRM in contemporary organizations?
HRM is crucial as it helps organizations recognize the importance of people as a competitive advantage.
What is outsourcing in HRM?
Outsourcing is the practice of hiring outside firms to handle basic HRM functions more efficiently than the organization could.
What are some emerging challenges in Human Resource Management?
Emerging challenges include unemployment rates, rights of LGBTQ individuals, the #MeToo movement, corporate social responsibility, and conscious capitalism.
What is the goal of facilitating organizational competitiveness?
The goal is to promote the organization’s ability to be competitive in fulfilling its purpose or mission.
What does enhancing overall quality and productivity mean?
It refers to improving the efficiency and value of outputs relative to inputs.
What is the psychological contract in HRM?
The psychological contract is the set of expectations held by the employee regarding their contributions and what the organization will provide in return.
What is the difference between line managers and staff managers?
Line managers are directly responsible for creating goods and services, while staff managers support functions that have indirect contributions.
What trends are shaping Human Resource Management?
Trends include workplace demographics, shifts from manufacturing to service jobs, globalization, and the increasing role of technology.
What is a Human Resource Management System?
A Human Resource Management System is an integrated approach to managing human resources that recognizes the interdependence among various tasks and functions.
What is the impact of technology on HRM?
Technology allows for better data tracking, online job advertising, remote interviews, and training programs, but also presents challenges in communication and ethics.
What is the purpose of a pool of qualified applicants?
To choose from for hiring decisions.
How do HRM subsystems interact with other organizational subsystems?
HRM subsystems affect and are affected by other organizational subsystems.
What is Utility Analysis in HRM?
It attempts to measure the impact and effectiveness of HRM practices in terms of metrics such as a firm’s financial performance.
What are some economic trends affecting HRM?
Unemployment rates, economic performance of the country, labor force trends, and the unbalanced labor force.
What are the labor force trends?
Continuous lowering of the Labor Force Growth and Labor Force Participation Rate.
What is meant by the unbalanced labor force?
In some occupations, unemployment rates are low, while in others unemployment rates are still relatively high.
How are employers using technology for recruitment?
Employers use social media for recruiting employees and new mobile applications for monitoring location.
What are some technology trends in HRM?
Gaming support, cloud computing, and data analytics (talent analytics).
What are the characteristics of a contemporary HR manager?
Understanding different HR functions and possessing general management abilities that reflect conceptual, diagnostic, and analytical skills.
What is a conceptual skill in HR management?
The ability to coordinate and integrate all of an organization’s interests and activities.
What are diagnostic and analytical skills?
The ability to visualize the best response to a situation.
What is the first step to a career in Human Resource Management?
Obtain a degree in Human Resource Management.
What does obtaining a degree in HRM provide?
An entry-level employment opportunity as an HR Manager.
How can line management be a route to HRM?
Enabled via rotation of managers through the HR function.
