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TABLE OFCONTENTS . .




INTRODUCTION ii.

SAMPLE SYLLABUS
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iii.

CHAPTER 1: Managing Human Resources Today
. . . . .
1

CHAPTER 2: Managing Equal Opportunity and Diversity
. . . . . .
14

CHAPTER 3: Human Resource Strategy and Analysis
. . . . . .
32

CHAPTER 4: Job Analysis and Talent Management
. . . . . .
45

CHAPTER 5: Personnel Planning and Recruiting
. . . . .
58

CHAPTER 6: Selecting Employees
. . .
71

CHAPTER 7: Training and Developing Employees
. . . . .
86

CHAPTER 8: Performance Management and Appraisal
. . . . .
100

CHAPTER 9: Managing Careers
. . .
111

CHAPTER 10: Developing Compensation Plans
. . . .
123

CHAPTER 11: Pay for Performance and Employee Benefits
. . . . . . .
138

CHAPTER 12: Maintaining Positive Employee Relations
. . . . .
155

CHAPTER 13: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
. . . . . .
166

CHAPTER 14: Improving Occupational Safety, Health, and Risk Management
. . . . . . . .
181

,PART ONE .
INTRODUCTION

One . .




1
Managing Human Resources . .




Today


Lecture Outline .




Strategic Overview .



I. What Is Human Resource Management?
. . . .



A. Why Is HR Management Important to All Man . . . . . . . In Brief: This chapter explains what h
. . . . . .



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
. . .
. . . . . . . .


D. Line Manager’s Human Resource Responsibilities
. . . .



E. The Human Resource Department
. . .
ends in the workplace. It illustrates w
. . . . . .




II. The Trends Shaping Human hy knowing HR management concept
. . . .




Resource Management . s and techniques areimportant toany s
. . . . . . .




A. Workforce Demographics and Diversity Trends . . . .
upervisor or manager and what trends . . . . . .



B. Trends in How People Work . . . .
are influencing HR management. In a
. . . . .



C. Globalization Trends .
ddition, the chapter explores strategie . . . .


D. Economic Trends
s today’s HR managers engage in to de
.
. . . . . . .

E. Technology Trends .



III. The New Human Resource Management
. . . .
al with these trends, the competencies
. . . . . .




A. Distributed HR and the New Human Resource Man . . . . . . . required of HR managers, and the pla . . . . . .




agement n of the book.
. . .




B. HR and Performance
. .



C. HR and Employee Engagement
. . .
Interesting Issues: Human resources . . .


D. HR and Strategy . .

professionals play a key role in helpin
. . . . . . .


E. HR and Sustainability
. .

g companies meet the challenges of gl
. . . . . .

F. HR and Ethics . .



IV. The New Human Resource Manager
. . . .
obal competition. Strategic objective
. . .




A. HR and the Manager’s Skills
. . . . s to lower costs, improved productivit
. . . . .




B. HR Manager Certification
. . y, and increased
. .



C. HR and the Manager’s HR Philosophy
. . . . .
organizational .



V. The Plan of This Book
. . . .
effectiveness are changing the way ev . . . . .


A. Part 1: Introduction
ery part of the organization, including
. .
. . . . . .


B. Part 2: Staffing: Workforce Planning and E
. . . . . .



mployment
the HR department, does business.
. . . .




C. Part 3: Training and Human Resource De
. . . . . .



velopment
D. Part 4: Compensation and Total Rewards
. . . . .



E. Part 5: Employee and Labor Relations
. . . . .



F. Part 6: Special Issues in Human Resource Ma
. . . . . . .



nagement



ANNOTATED OUTLINE .

, I. What Is Human Resource Management? — . . . . .



The management process involves the following functions: planning, organizing,
. . . . . . . . . .



staffing, leading, and controlling. The ―people‖ or personnel aspects of managem
. . . . . . . . . .



ent jobs involve conducting job analyses; planning labor needs and recruiting job c
. . . . . . . . . . . .



andidates; selecting job candidates; orienting and training new employees; mana . . . . . . . . .



ging wages and salaries; providing incentives and benefits; appraising performan
. . . . . . . . .



ce; communicating; training employees and developing managers; building empl
. . . . . . . .



oyee commitment; being knowledgeable about equal opportunity, affirmative acti
. . . . . . . .



on, employee health and safety, and handling grievances and labor relations.
. . . . . . . . . .




A. Why Is HR Management Important to All Managers? —
. . . . . . . .



Managers don‘t want to make mistakes while managing, such as hiring the wrong
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .



person, having their company taken to court because of discriminatory actions, or
. . . . . . . . . . .



committing unfair labor practices. As a manager anywhere in the organization, y
. . . . . . . . . . . .



ou will want to improve performance. You may spend time as an HR manager or be
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



come an entrepreneur and require basic and some advanced knowledge and skill
. . . . . . . . . . .



s in HR.
. .




B. Line and Staff Aspects of HRM — . . . . . .



Although most firms have a human resource department with its own manager, all
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



rs. Line managers are authorized to direct the work of subordinates. Their subordi
. . . . . . . . . . . .



nates are generally involved in work that directly produces or sells the company‘s
. . . . . . . . . . . . .



product or service, such as sales or manufacturing. Staff managers are authorize
. . . . . . . . . . .



d to assist and advise line managers in accomplishing their basic goals. The subor
. . . . . . . . . . . . .



dinates of staff managers are generally involved in work that supports the product
. . . . . . . . . . . .



s or services, in departments such as Purchasing or Quality Control. HR manager
. . . . . . . . . . . .



s are generally staff managers.
. . . .




D. Line Manager‘s Human Resource Responsibilities —
. . . . .



All supervisors are responsiblefor aspects of HR/personnel tasks such as plac
. . . . . . . . . . . .



ement, training, and development of employees. . . . . .




E. The Human Resource Department —
. . . .



The HR department provides specialized assistance such as acting as a recruiter,
. . . . . . . . . . . .



EEO representative, job analyst, compensation manager, training specialist, or la
. . . . . . . . . .



bor relations specialist.
. .




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 —
. . . . . .



Trends in the environment are changing how employers get their human reso
. . . . . . . . . . . .



urce management tasks done. . . .




A. Workforce Demographics and Diversity Trends — . . . . .



The labor force is getting older and more multi-
. . . . . . . . .



ethnic. The aging labor force presents significant changes in terms of potential lab
. . . . . . . . . . . .



or shortages, and many firms are instituting new policies aimed at encouraging agi
. . . . . . . . . . . .



ng employees to stay, or at attracting previously retired employees. High rates of i
. . . . . . . . . . . . .



mmigration also present challenges and opportunities for HR managers. With . . . . . . . . . .



projected workforce .
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