Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Resource Management, Business Partner, Job Design

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B
• Professor: Michael Aloisio

Document Summary

Text book reading pages 5-16, 19-28, 36-47 (hr text) The practices, policies and systems that influence employees" behavior, attitudes, and performance. Rare = a person with high levels of the needed skills and knowledge is not common. High-performance work system: hpws= an organization in which tech, organizational structure, people and processes all work together to provide the org. an advantage in the competitive environment. Must understand business and what businesses need: strategic partner = understand business/industry/competitors, how to give business competitive advantages contribute to company"s strategy. Specific activities: analyzing and designing jobs. Job design= defining how work will be performed and the tasks that a given jobs requires: recruiting and hiring employees. Recruitment = process through which the org seeks applicants for potential employment. Selection = process by which the org attempts to identify applicants with the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics that will help the org achieve its goals.