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The planning function of human resource
What role does the management involves two major activities: strategic
planning function of planning, and short- and medium-range planning.
human resource Such strategic objectives may include increasing
management play within market share, revenue growth, product or service
organizations? diversity, and profit margins, as well as planning for
financial obligations and other eventualities.
What role does the recruiting job applicants (also known as candidates),
staffing function of human and then selecting the most appropriate applicants
resource management for the available jobs.
play within organizations?
What are the types of direct and indirect compensation
employee compensation?
A performance appraisal (also known as a
What is the role of performance review, performance evaluation, or
performance appraisals? career development discussion) is a method by which
an employee's job performance is evaluated.
How does HRM enhance HRM field has seen a substantial interest in both
human potential? formal and informal training and development.
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HRM's work on improving implementing productivity improvement programs as
the workplace well as improving health and safety at work
environment focuses on
what two environments?
After an organization has hired the employees it
What must management needs, it must foster a positive workplace
be aware of in order to environment. In addition to compensation and a
maintain effective work healthy and safe environment, firms must provide
relationships? conditions that will make it attractive for employees to
stay.
organizations become more global, it is essential that
What impact has organizations develop and implement HRM policies
globalization had on HR with international applicability, also making them
practices? relevant to employees from diverse cultures and
backgrounds
improve productivity, improve quality of work
What are the four implicit
life,ensure legal compliance, and foster ethical
HR objectives?
behavior.
How can HR managers work organization and design
make a significant
contribution toward
productivity
improvements?
How do organizations most employees today desire more autonomy and a
improve the quality of chance to make a greater contribution to the
work life? How have organization. employees today prefer a greater level
employees' attitudes of involvement with their work
regarding involvement
with their work shifted?
laws impact nearly all functions and activities with
Why is it important that HR
which HRM is involved, HR managers and personnel
mangers and personnel
must be familiar with regulations affecting hiring and
be familiar with the laws
pay decisions, promotion activities, health and safety
and regulations?
considerations, and labor relations.
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Define the term "moral refers to the principles, rules, and values that
philosophy." individuals use in deciding what is right or wrong.
"creating a positive work environment, hiring ethical
How can HR professionals
individuals, providing ethical training, labeling and
create a culture where
modeling ethical behavior, creating a well-defined
ethical behavior is
code of ethics, establishing an open-door policy, and
encouraged?
providing an employee assistance program (EAP)."
the values and principles that are used to evaluate
Define the term "business
whether the collective behavior of members of an
ethics."
organization is appropriate
increased competition, the costs and benefits
associated with HR utilization, productivity changes
(resulting from changes in technology, capital
What are the six major
investment, the 2008-2014 recession, capital
trends have been
utilization, outsourcing, and government policies), the
identified as influencing
increasing pace and complexity of social, cultural,
the work environment?
legal, demographic, and educational changes, the
symptoms of dysfunction in the workplace, and
societal trends of the 21st century
Internal Environment: represents the organization's value system. Top
Define "culture" and management shapes a companies culture
identify who shapes an
organization's culture.
generally refers to the equipment and knowledge
Internal Environment:
used to produce goods and services, and the
Define technology.
definition of technology may vary greatly by industry
with technology and computers, close supervision of
Internal Environment: How employees is unnecessary. Furthermore, technology
does technology allows work to be performed during non-traditional
influence an organization's hours, away from physical manufacturing plants and
structure? offices. With technology we can see a reduction in the
work force.
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