MHR 523 Final: HUMAN RESOURCES FINAL REVIEW NOTES.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 523
• Professor: Margaret Yap

Document Summary

Understand the social, technical& cultural aspects of the workplace. Focuses on 3 main areas: organizational aspects, hr related policies& practices, &role &performance. Training objectives: evaluation of training needs results in training objectives, objectives state: desired behaviour, condition& performance criteria. Learning principles: may seek to teach specific skills, provide needed knowledge or try to influence attitudes. Program must meet the needs of org"n &participants. On the job training: received directly on the job& is used to teach workers how to do their present job. Job rotation: move trainee from job to job: apprenticeships: involve learning from a more experienced ee/ees, coaching: similar to apprenticeship; attempts to provide model for trainee to copy. Identification of essential job skills& the management of employees" learning in relation to corporate& business strategies: benchmarking: comparing one"s own standards against those of industry leaders/competitors, ee development: process of enhancing employee"s future value through careful career planning.