HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

HRDM 00
Chapter 01- Introduction and Key Concepts in Personnel and Human
Resource Management

Topic: Introduction and key concepts to Personnel and Human Resource

Management
Subtopics:
Definition of Human Resource
The Central Functions of Human Resource Management
The External Environment of HRM
Personnel Management VS Human Resource Management
Organizing the HRM Department
Course objective: Understand the concepts of personnel and human resource
management
Course outcomes:
Define human resource management
List down and explain the central functions of human resource management
Discuss the external environment of HRM
Differentiate the personnel management to human resource management
Explain how organize the HRM Department
Prepare an organizational chart of the HRM department that covers a
Hospitality and tourism organization
Improve knowledge and awareness on the field of personnel and human
resource management

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

- management concerned with making sure the human component of the
organizations able to achieve the goals assigned to it.
- is the term used to describe formal systems devised for the management of
people within an organization.

THE CENTRAL FUCTIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

One way of learning HRM is to understand its central functions, they are as follows:
a. Staffing
- Refers to that function which locates competent employees and
getting them to work for the organization.
- The major activities of staffing consist of (1) strategic human
resource planning (2) recruitment (3) selection
b. Training and Development
- Acquisition of skills, knowledge, and activities which enable people to
achieve their current future individual and corporate objectives.
a. TRAINING- a process concerned with establishing what type of
training is required and who should receive it.
b. DEVELOPMENT- improving the intellectual or emotional abilities of
an employee for the purpose of doing a better job; includes central
function of training and employee orientation
c. Motivation
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- Process of activating behavior, sustaining it and directing towards
a particular goal.
- The major activities included in this central function are (1) motivation
and job design, (2) performance evaluation (3) rewards and
compensation (4) employee benefits

d. Maintenance
- Is that function of HRM that insures employee retention and the
motivation for more and better productivity
- Included in the maintenance function are: (1) safety, (2) health, and
(3) communication programs

THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT OF HRM

The external environment of HRM is composed of the following:

a. Economic Forces
b. Government Legislation
c. Advances in Technology
d. Labor Unions and
e. Management thought

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT VS. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- is confined to activities, such as recruitment, training, remuneration and
discipline.
-personnel management often focuses on managing a workforce from an
administrative standpoint.
-The function is to ensure people are hired, orientated, paid on
time and have their complaints and needs addressed.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

- treats employees as a resource much like a factory, a machine or cash

HRM is now viewed as composing the following:

1. Personnel management activities

2. A view that regards
a. People as the major organizational asset and
b. Workers as instinctively willing and able to be develop
3. Integration of personnel management function into the strategic
management of the organization
Specific differences between personnel management and HRM practices that cover
various concerns as follows:

1. Recruitment and staff turnover

2. Promotion and career development
3. Rewards and benefits
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4. Education, training and development
5. Management culture

ORGANIZING THE HRM DEPARTMENT

Its size and structure depend on several factors such us (1) available resources (2)
number of company employees and (3) philosophy of management

TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF HRM DEPARTMENT

OWNER/

WORK WORK WORK

ER ER ER
1. THE HRM FUCTION IN A SMALL ORGANIZATION
- Small form, the HRM function is performed by a single individual
- As the organization grows and as resources become available the
manager may hire an assistant to help him implement HRM policies

HRM
ASSISTANT

SUPERVIS SUPERVIS SUPERVIS

2. THE HRM FUNCTION IN A GROWING ORGANIZATION
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VICE PRESIDENT
HUMAN RESOURCE

HUMAN
RESOURCE
ASSISTANT
MANAGER OF TRAINING AND
MANAGER OF EMPLOYEE AND
DEVELOPMENT
LABOR RELATIONS
*TRAINING SPECIALIST
*PERSONNEL ASSISTANT

MANAGER OF HR PLANNING EDITOR OF EMPLOYEE COMM.

AND STAFFING *PUBLICATIONS
*EMPLOYMENT CORRESPONDENT
REPRESENTATIVES *PUBLICATIONS TECHNICIAN
*RECEPTIONIST

MANAGER OF MANAGER OF LOSS

COMPENSATION AND PREVENTION
BENEFITS *SECURITY OFFICERS
*BENEFITS SUPERVISOR *INSURANCE ANALYST
*INSURANCE CLERK *SECRETARY
*COMPENSATION
3. A FULL BLOWNANALYST
HRM DEPARTMENT IN A LARGE ORGANIZATION
- In a large organization, the president delegates in full the HRM responsibility to a vice
president, who in turn, managers the HRM department.