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GaryDessler .
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TABLE OFCONTENTS . .
INTRODUCTION ii.
SAMPLE SYLLABUS
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iii.
CHAPTER 1: Managing Human Resources Today
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1
CHAPTER 2: Managing Equal Opportunity and Diversity
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14
CHAPTER 3: Human Resource Strategy and Analysis
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32
CHAPTER 4: Job Analysis and Talent Management
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45
CHAPTER 5: Personnel Planning and Recruiting
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58
CHAPTER 6: Selecting Employees
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71
CHAPTER 7: Training and Developing Employees
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86
CHAPTER 8: Performance Management and Appraisal
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100
CHAPTER 9: Managing Careers
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111
CHAPTER 10: Developing Compensation Plans
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123
CHAPTER 11: Pay for Performance and Employee Benefits
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138
CHAPTER 12: Maintaining Positive Employee Relations
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155
CHAPTER 13: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
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166
CHAPTER 14: Improving Occupational Safety, Health, and Risk Management
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181
,PART ONE .
INTRODUCTION
One . .
1
Managing Human Resources . .
Today
Lecture Outline .
Strategic Overview .
I. What Is Human Resource Management?
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A. Why Is HR Management Important to All Man . . . . . . . In Brief: This chapter explains what h
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agers? uman resource management is, its rel. . . . .
B. Line and Staff Aspects of HRM . . . . .
ationship to the management process, . . . . .
C. Line Versus Staff Authority
and how it is changing in response to tr
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D. Line Manager’s Human Resource Responsibilities
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E. The Human Resource Department
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ends in the workplace. It illustrates w
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II. The Trends Shaping Human hy knowing HR management concept
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Resource Management . s and techniques areimportant toany s
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A. Workforce Demographics and Diversity Trends . . . .
upervisor or manager and what trends . . . . . .
B. Trends in How People Work . . . .
are influencing HR management. In a
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C. Globalization Trends .
ddition, the chapter explores strategie . . . .
D. Economic Trends
s today’s HR managers engage in to de
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E. Technology Trends .
III. The New Human Resource Management
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al with these trends, the competencies
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A. Distributed HR and the New Human Resource Man . . . . . . . required of HR managers, and the pla . . . . . .
agement n of the book.
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B. HR and Performance
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C. HR and Employee Engagement
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Interesting Issues: Human resources . . .
D. HR and Strategy . .
professionals play a key role in helpin
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E. HR and Sustainability
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g companies meet the challenges of gl
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F. HR and Ethics . .
IV. The New Human Resource Manager
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obal competition. Strategic objective
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A. HR and the Manager’s Skills
. . . . s to lower costs, improved productivit
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B. HR Manager Certification
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C. HR and the Manager’s HR Philosophy
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organizational .
V. The Plan of This Book
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effectiveness are changing the way ev . . . . .
A. Part 1: Introduction
ery part of the organization, including
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B. Part 2: Staffing: Workforce Planning and E
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mployment
the HR department, does business.
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C. Part 3: Training and Human Resource De
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velopment
D. Part 4: Compensation and Total Rewards
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E. Part 5: Employee and Labor Relations
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F. Part 6: Special Issues in Human Resource Ma
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nagement
ANNOTATED OUTLINE .
, I. What Is Human Resource Management? — . . . . .
The management process involves the following functions: planning, organizing,
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staffing, leading, and controlling. The ―people‖ or personnel aspects of managem
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ent jobs involve conducting job analyses; planning labor needs and recruiting job c
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andidates; selecting job candidates; orienting and training new employees; mana . . . . . . . . .
ging wages and salaries; providing incentives and benefits; appraising performan
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ce; communicating; training employees and developing managers; building empl
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oyee commitment; being knowledgeable about equal opportunity, affirmative acti
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on, employee health and safety, and handling grievances and labor relations.
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A. Why Is HR Management Important to All Managers? —
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Managers don‘t want to make mistakes while managing, such as hiring the wrong
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person, having their company taken to court because of discriminatory actions, or
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committing unfair labor practices. As a manager anywhere in the organization, y
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ou will want to improve performance. You may spend time as an HR manager or be
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come an entrepreneur and require basic and some advanced knowledge and skill
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s in HR.
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B. Line and Staff Aspects of HRM — . . . . . .
Although most firms have a human resource department with its own manager, all
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managers tend to get involved in activities like recruiting, interviewing, selecting, a . . . . . . . . . . .
nd training. .
C. Line Versus Staff Authority — . . . .
Authority is the right to make decisions, to direct the work of others, and to give orde
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rs. Line managers are authorized to direct the work of subordinates. Their subordi
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nates are generally involved in work that directly produces or sells the company‘s
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product or service, such as sales or manufacturing. Staff managers are authorize
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d to assist and advise line managers in accomplishing their basic goals. The subor
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dinates of staff managers are generally involved in work that supports the product
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s or services, in departments such as Purchasing or Quality Control. HR manager
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s are generally staff managers.
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D. Line Manager‘s Human Resource Responsibilities —
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All supervisors are responsiblefor aspects of HR/personnel tasks such as plac
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ement, training, and development of employees. . . . . .
E. The Human Resource Department —
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The HR department provides specialized assistance such as acting as a recruiter,
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EEO representative, job analyst, compensation manager, training specialist, or la
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bor relations specialist.
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1. Many employers are revamping how they organize their human resource . . . . . . . . . .
functions to include ―shared services‖ or ―distributed‖ HR. Others may us . . . . . . . . . .
e corporate or embedded teams. . . . .
II. The Trends Shaping Human Resource Management —
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Trends in the environment are changing how employers get their human reso
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urce management tasks done. . . .
A. Workforce Demographics and Diversity Trends — . . . . .
The labor force is getting older and more multi-
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ethnic. The aging labor force presents significant changes in terms of potential lab
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or shortages, and many firms are instituting new policies aimed at encouraging agi
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ng employees to stay, or at attracting previously retired employees. High rates of i
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mmigration also present challenges and opportunities for HR managers. With . . . . . . . . . .
projected workforce .