HRM200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Profe, Firefighting Foam, Synagogue

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: Katrina Di Gravio

Document Summary

Human resources management (hrm): managing people in organizations to produce the workforce competencies and behaviors required to achieve the operation"s strategic goals, managing human capital: knowledge, education, training, skills, expertise. Effective hr practices are related to better organizational performance. Balanced scorecard measurement system translates organizational strategy into a comprehensive set of performance measures. Human capital index based on: recruiting excellence, clear rewards and accountability, collegial and flexible workplaces, communications integrity, prudent use of resources. External environmental influences: government: ensure policies and practices comply with new and changing laws covering, human rights, pay equity and employment equity, occupational health and safety, employment standards, government-sponsored benefit plans, multiple jurisdictions across canada. External environmental influences: environmental concerns: sustainability, climate change, global warming, pollution and carbon footprint, extinction of wildlife, ecosystem fragility, other related issues are increasingly important to people around the world. Human resources movement: concern for people and productivity: concern for people and their productivity.