HRM 3430 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Human Resource Management, Market Environment

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3430
• Professor: Althea Gordon

Document Summary

In order to be able to comprehend strategic human resources management planning, it must first be understood exactly how it is that human resources management is impacted/affected through the implications of the environment. Human resources management professionals want to measure, control and manage trends that are impacting as well as affecting how employees can be managed as well as in which way can this be done to manage employees. Environmental scanning refers to a system of monitoring, controlling, measuring of trends that end up impacting and affecting the business or strategy. Human resources management professionals need strategy development so that they can keep their eye on what is occurring outside of the business or company. The term environment is very a very vague and generalized term. It can be applied and/or associated with almost anything that happens outside of the business or company.