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BU354 Chapter Notes -Functional Illiteracy, Carbon Footprint, Employer Branding

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22 Oct 2012

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Human resource management (hrm) is the management of people in organizations to drive successful organizational performance and achievement of the organization"s strategic goals. Hr professionals must manage the workforce by attracting, retaining, and engaging talent. Human capital is the knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of an organization"s workforce. *effective hr practices are related to better organizational performance. Environmental scanning involves identifying and analyzing external opportunities and threats that may be crucial to the organization"s success. *details regarding a successful incentive plan being used by a competitor, impending labour shortages, and information about pending legislative changes are examples: role in executing strategy. Strategy execution is typically the area where hr makes the biggest strategic contribution (i. e. downsizing, flattening the hierarchy, redesigning jobs, etc. ) Hr professionals and line managers have a significant impact on employee turnover, engagement and engagement so it is important that there is employee recognition, developmental programs, and career-oriented performance appraisals: measuring the value of hr: metrics.

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Related Questions

To implement a policy of empowerment, the organization will restructure so that:

A. managers have more responsibility and employees learn to follow directions.

B. employees assume more responsibility.

C. workers agree to work overtime without extra pay.

D. an entire level of management is removed from the organization.

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Identify which human resources management activity is being illustrated in the following examples:

HR management activities:

staffing	compensation & benefits	training & development
compliance	employee relations

1) Identify which human resources management activity is being illustrated in the following examples:

6) _____ training and dev _____ A manager conducts job orientation for several new employees.

7) _____ An HR manager makes sure the company is following equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws.

8) _____ An HR manager negotiates with an insurance carrier to get a good deal for the company.

9) _____ An HR manager listens to and records an employee grievance.

10) _____ A supervisor negotiates a job offer with a candidate.

11) _____ A department manager develops an instruction manual for one of the company's job positions.

12) _____ An HR manager perfors background and reference checks on a potential candidate.

Identify which human resources management activity is being illustrated in the following examples:

HR management activities:

staffing	compensation & benefits	training & development
compliance	employee relations

1) _________ An HR manager consults with an employee about her continuing education options.

2) _________ An HR manager solves a paperwork snag involving an employee's paycheck.

3) _________ A supervisor conducts a workshop on haw tn properly dispose of a certain chemical.

4) _________ An HR manager conducts an exit interview with retiring employee

5) _________ An HR manager mediates a conflict between an employee and his. 6)

6) _________ A manager conducts job orientation for several new employees.