WGU C202 1-3 CHAPTER SUMMARY NOTES
(INCLUDING LEARNING OBJECTIVE
QUESTION ANSWERS) WITH COMPLETE
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C202 1-3 chapter summary notes (including learning
objective question answers)
, lOMoARcPSD| 54339004
C202 Managing Human Capital
.
Red Text indicated learning objectives
Things following the Concepts tabs are just interesting extra from the chapter.
Chapter 1: Strategic Human Resource Management
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the primary Human Resource Management (HRM) functions. a.Staffing
i. process of planning, acquiring, deploying, and retaining employees that enables the
organization to meet its talent needs and execute its business strategy
b. Training and development
c. Performance management
i. aligning individual employees’ goals, ethics, and behaviors with organizational goals
and strategies, appraising and evaluating past and current behaviors and performance d.
Rewards and benefits
e. Health and safety
f. Employee-management relations
2. Explain why HRM is important to organizational performance.
a. By shaping
i. What employees should do
1. Planning
2. Laws and Regulations ii. What employees
can do
1. Staffing
2. Training iii. What employees will do
1. Compensation
2. Performance management
3. Explain how HRM strategy supports business strategy.
a. Effective Work Process is created by the above resulting in
i. Strategic execution
ii. Positive work environment iii. Engaged employees
Concepts:
• Business strategy - how the firm will compete in its marketplace.
• Types of risk o Strategic : HRM initiatives can affect business strategy.
These may include the overall talent strategy, company culture, ethics, investments in
people, and the implementation of change initiatives.
o Operational : These risks can influence an organization’s ability to execute the business strategy
(INCLUDING LEARNING OBJECTIVE
QUESTION ANSWERS) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS LATEST STUDY GUIDE LATEST
UPDATED 2025
C202 1-3 chapter summary notes (including learning
objective question answers)
, lOMoARcPSD| 54339004
C202 Managing Human Capital
.
Red Text indicated learning objectives
Things following the Concepts tabs are just interesting extra from the chapter.
Chapter 1: Strategic Human Resource Management
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the primary Human Resource Management (HRM) functions. a.Staffing
i. process of planning, acquiring, deploying, and retaining employees that enables the
organization to meet its talent needs and execute its business strategy
b. Training and development
c. Performance management
i. aligning individual employees’ goals, ethics, and behaviors with organizational goals
and strategies, appraising and evaluating past and current behaviors and performance d.
Rewards and benefits
e. Health and safety
f. Employee-management relations
2. Explain why HRM is important to organizational performance.
a. By shaping
i. What employees should do
1. Planning
2. Laws and Regulations ii. What employees
can do
1. Staffing
2. Training iii. What employees will do
1. Compensation
2. Performance management
3. Explain how HRM strategy supports business strategy.
a. Effective Work Process is created by the above resulting in
i. Strategic execution
ii. Positive work environment iii. Engaged employees
Concepts:
• Business strategy - how the firm will compete in its marketplace.
• Types of risk o Strategic : HRM initiatives can affect business strategy.
These may include the overall talent strategy, company culture, ethics, investments in
people, and the implementation of change initiatives.
o Operational : These risks can influence an organization’s ability to execute the business strategy
