HRM 3470 Chapter 1-4: 1-4,6,7

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3470
• Professor: Mark Podolsky

Document Summary

Module 1: chapter 1: companies" uses company websites and large online job boards to attract job candidates, and are two most frequently used methods. Hiring the right person is the ultimate goal not to get many candidates. Interviewers irritated candidates in the major ways: making the interview look unimportant, taking an insensitive approach, asking inappropriate questions, what is hr, employees, associates and knowledge workers, personal an human resources: Line: employees directly involved in producing company goods or services. Staff: employees who support the line function. Economics, sociology, organisation development, and org behaviour: three families of hrm definitions, human beings as valuable organizational resources. Hrm is a broad general management function dealing with the proper management (understanding, maintenance, development, utilization, and integration) of individuals in the workplace. It implies a management philosophy consistent with the view that employees are valuable organizational resources rather than expenses that the hr department should minimize: hrm as a specialist organizational function.