ADM 2337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Human Rights Act, Strategic Planning, Nominal Group Technique

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2337
• Professor: Catherine Elliott

Document Summary

Hr managers perform these functions in 4 ways: advice and counsel, services, policy maker, employee advocacy. Hrm: the process of managing human capital to achieve an organization"s objectives. Competitive challenges top 7: responding strategically to changes in the marketplace. Examples of organizational responses: six sigma, reengineering, downsizing, outsourcing. Need to be effective at change management for proactive and reactive change: competing, recruiting, and staffing globally. Culture, values, new legal framework, language barriers: corporate social responsibility and sustainability goals. Effect on hrm: advancing hrm with technology. Advanced technology from touch labor to knowledge workers . Hris (eg: peoplesoft, sap, oracle erp systems: containing costs with retaining top talent and maximizing productivity. Productivity enhancements: responding to demographic and workforce diversity challenges. Eg: statistics canada report census replaced by the national household survey. Table 1. 2: the four generations: adapting to educational and cultural shifts affecting the workforce. Education of workforce widening skills gap.