Management and Organizational Studies 2276A/B Lecture Notes - Corporate Social Responsibility, Occupational Safety And Health

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2276A/B
• Professor: Kevin Thompson

Document Summary

Opening statements: employers and employees are constantly at odds, each party wants the opposite of the other. If given a choice, employers would employ machines over humans. Eg. employers want to pay less, employees want to get paid more. Finding fair and equitable compensation is key: if given a choice, humans would choose to get rid of machines and do the work themselves. 1. strong work ethic employee that is willing to work hard: dependable and responsible punctuality, do what there are supposed to do, responsible, positive attitude initiative and motivation to get work done. Difficulty about working in this age generation differences between employer and employees. Human resources management: integrated set of processes, programs and systems in an organization that focuses on the effective deployment and development of its employees not working independently but all together. Marketing drives hrm: hrm finds out what human assets are needed to execute sales/marketing programs.