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Most experts agree that there are five basic functions all
manager performs
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Leading
Controlling
In total, these functions represent the Management process.
Planning:- Establishing goals & standards; developing rules &
procedures; developing plans & forecasting
Management (Function of
Planning, Organizing, Leading ,
Controlling of organizational
resources to accomplish goals
efficiently and effectively)
Human Resource Management: Objectives
Employment Law
Equal opportunity
Employee health & Safety
Handling grievances & labor relations
Growing Importance of HRM
The success of organizations increasingly depends on people-embodied
know-how- the knowledge, skill, and abilities imbedded in an organization's
members.
Most of our life is spent in organization, and they supply the goods and
services on which we depend to live.
Because all organizations can have the same technology, they can possess
same type of financial resources, same sort of raw material can be used to
produce the goods and services but the organizational source that can really
create the difference is work force of the organization.
In today’s competitive environment, these are the people which can create
competitive advantageous for the organizations.
PERSONNEL VS HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Rank
Good wages 1
Good working conditions 4
Job security 2
Full appreciation of work that is done 5
Tactful disciplining 8
Employer loyalty to employees 7
Interesting work 3
Promotion and growth in the organization 6
(Karl and Sutton, 1996)
Challenges/Issues of Managing HR in present era
1) To Attract People
People will be interested to join any organization if it is providing
them quality working environment, attractive benefit and
opportunities to excel in future.
Yet most firms also have HR depts. With their own top
managers.
a. Line Authority
b. Staff Authority
c. Functional Authority
a. Line Authority
Line authority entitles a manager to direct the work of an
employee.
c. Functional control
The authority exerted by a personnel manager as a coordinator
of personnel activities.
Here the manager acts as “the right arm of the top executive.”
Line versus Staff Authority
1. Placement
2. Orientation
3. Training
4. Improving job performance
5. Gaining creative cooperation
6. Interpreting policies and procedures
7. Controlling labor costs
8. Developing employee abilities
9. Creating and maintaining departmental morale
10. Protecting employees’ health and physical condition
Responsibilities Of Staff Managers
Globalization Trends
Changes in the nature of work
Technology
1. Globalization Trends
Sony, Apple, Nike & Mercedes Benz are some firms that
market all over the World.
Tata Steel & Mittal Steel have acquired steel plants around
the world
Companies like GE, Dell & Google have located back office
support operations in India & other countries.
Companies expand abroad for several reasons
Globalization’s Implications
Job Outsourcing
High-Tech Jobs
Service Jobs
Knowledge Work & Human Capital
The Changing Role of HRM
With these trends, the hr manager’s job has grown broader &
more strategic overtimes.
In the earliest firms, “Personnel” first took over hiring & firing
from supervisors, ran the payroll dept, & administered benefits
plans.
Strategic plan is the company’s plan for how it will match its
internal strengths & weaknesses with external opportunities &
threats in order to maintain a competitive advantage.
2. Effective HR Practices
A high Performance work system is an integrated set of hrm policies & practices
that together produce superior emp performance.
– Employment security
– Selective hiring
– Extensive training
– Self-managed teams/decentralized decision making
– Information sharing
– Contingent (pay-for-performance) rewards
– Measurement of management practices
– Emphasis on high-quality work
New Proficiencies
– HR proficiencies
– Business proficiencies
– Leadership proficiencies
– Learning proficiencies
HR Proficiencies:- represent traditional knowledge & skills in
areas such as employee selection, training & compensation
Managing Ethics
– Ethical Things
Questions