Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management
Management
Fundamentals of Human
Resource Management
Management Essentials
Management involves setting goals
and allocating scarce resources to
achieve them.
Management is the process of
efficiently achieving the objectives of
the organization with and through
people.
Management Essentials
establishing goals
Organizing determining what
activities need to be done
Leading assuring the right people
are on the job and motivated
Controlling monitoring activities to
be sure goals are met
Colleges
Strategic Environment
Governmental Legislation
Labor Unions
Management Thought
force diversity
Changing skill requirements
Continuous improvement
Work process engineering
Decentralized work sites
Teams
Employee involvement
Ethics
Governmental Legislation
Laws
Labor Unions
Act
Management Thought
Management
More
recently, continuous
improvement programs have had a
significant influence on HRM
activities.
Employment planning
ensures
Job analysis
determining
Recruitment
the
Selection
the
training
Employee development
Organization development
Career development
Respect
design
Setting performance standards
Establishing effective compensation
and benefits programs
Understanding motivational theories
of Needs Maslow
Theory X Theory Y McGregor
Motivation Hygiene Herzberg
Achievement, Affiliation, and Power
Motives McClelland
Equity Theory Adams
Expectancy Theory - Vroom
assistance programs
Four Functions:
Employment
Training
and development
Compensation/benefits
Employee relations
HRM in an Entrepreneurial
Enterprise
General managers may
perform HRM functions, HRM
activities may be outsourced, or
a single generalist may handle
all the HRM functions.
Benefits include
freedom
from many
government regulations
an absence of bureaucracy
an opportunity to share in the
success of the business
HRM must:
Make
Introduction
Introduction
An Organizational
Framework
planning
new hires
contingent workers
transfers-in
individuals returning from leaves
Predicting
Retirements
Dismissals
Transfers-out
Lay-offs
Voluntary quits
Sabbaticals
Prolonged illnesses
Deaths
into a community
recent graduates
individuals returning from military service
increases in the number of unemployed and
employed individuals seeking other
opportunities, either part-time or full-time
Job Analysis
Job Analysis is a systematic
exploration of the activities within a
job.
It defines and documents the duties,
responsibilities and accountabilities of
a job and the conditions under which
a job is performed.
Job Analysis
Job Analysis
questionnaire method
workers complete a specifically
designed questionnaire.
Technical conference method uses
supervisors with an extensive
knowledge of the job.
Diary method job incumbents record
their daily activities.
Job Analysis
Process:
Information from observations and
interviews is used to classify jobs by their
involvement with data, people and things.
Information on thousands of titles
available on O*Net OnLine which is the
Department of Labors replacement for
the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
Job Analysis
Job Analysis
Job Descriptions
Written
Job Analysis
Job Specifications
States
minimum acceptable
qualifications.
Used to select employees who have
the essential qualifications.
Job Analysis
Job Evaluations
Specify
Job Analysis
Job Analysis
quality initiatives,
telecommuting, and teams require
adjustments to the components of a job.
Todays jobs often require not only technical
skills but interpersonal skills and
communication skills as well.
Introduction
Recruiting
Once
Introduction
Recruiting brings
together those with jobs to
fill and those seeking jobs.
Recruiting Goals
Recruiting Goals
size
Employment conditions in
the area
Working conditions, salary
and benefits offered
Organizational growth or
decline
Recruiting Goals
image
Job attractiveness
Internal organizational policies
Recruiting costs
Recruiting: A Global
Perspective
For some positions, the whole world is
a relevant labor market.
Parent (Home) country nationals
are recruited when an organization is
searching for someone with extensive
company experience to launch a very
technical product in a country where it
has never sold before.
Recruiting: A Global
Perspective
Recruiting Sources
Sources should match the position to
be filled.
Sources:
Internal
Searches
Employee Referrals/
Recommendations
External Searches
Alternatives
Recruiting Sources
The internal search
Organizations that promote
from within identify current
employees for job openings:
by
Recruiting Sources
The internal search
Advantages of promoting from within
include
morale
building
encouragement of ambitious
employees
availability of information on existing
employee performance
cost-savings
internal candidates knowledge of the
organization
Recruiting Sources
The internal search
Disadvantages include:
possible
inferiority of internal
candidates
infighting and morale problems
Recruiting Sources
Employee referrals/recommendations
Current employees can be asked to
recommend recruits.
Advantages include:
the
Recruiting Sources
Employee
referrals/recommendations
Disadvantages include:
the
possibility of friendship
being confused with job
performance
Recruiting Sources
External searches
Advertisements: Must decide type
and location of ad, depending on job;
decide whether to focus on job (job
description) or on applicant (job
specification).
Two factors influence the response
rate:
identification
of the organization
labor market conditions
Recruiting Sources
External searches
Employment agencies:
Public
Recruiting Sources
External searches
Schools, colleges, and
universities:
May
provide entry-level or
experienced workers
through their placement
services.
May also help companies
establish cooperative
education assignments and
internships.
Recruiting Sources
Recruitment alternatives
Temporary help services.
Temporary
Employee leasing.
Trained
Questions???
Selection
Reliability of Selection
Criteria
screening of
inquiries and screening
interviews.
Job description
information is shared
along with a salary
range.
Stress Interviews.
centers: A series of
tests and exercises, including
individual and group simulation
tests, is used to assess managerial
potential or other complex sets of
skills.
Testing in a global arena:
Selection practices must be
adapted to cultures and regulations
of host country.
employers
previous job performance
education
legal status to work
credit references
criminal records
Summary
Questions????
Agenda
The Socialization Process.
Employee Orientation.
Employee Training
Employee Development.
Organization Development.
Evaluation of Training Program.
Introduction
Socialization
A process
of adaptation to a
new work role.
Adjustments must be made
whenever individuals change
jobs
The most profound adjustment
occurs when an individual first
enters an organization.
strongly influences
employee performance and
organizational stability
Provides information on how to do the
job and ensuring organizational fit.
New members suffer from anxiety,
which motivates them to learn the
values and norms of the organization.
is influenced by subtle
and less subtle statements and
behaviors exhibited by colleagues,
management, employees, clients and
others.
Individuals adjust to new situations in
remarkably similar ways.
All new employees go through a
settling-in period.
stage:
Individuals arrive with a
set of values, attitudes
and expectations which
they have developed
from previous experience
and the selection
process.
stage:
Individuals discover how
well their expectations
match realities within the
organization.
Where differences exist,
socialization occurs to
imbue the employee with
the organizations
standards.
stage: Individuals
have adapted to the organization, feel
accepted and know what is expected
of them.
2. New-Employee Orientation
Purpose
organizations objectives
History
Philosophy
Procedures
Rules
HRM policies and benefits
Fellow employees
2. New-Employee Orientation
includes long-standing,
often unwritten rules about what
is appropriate behavior.
Socialized employees know how
things are done, what matters,
and which behaviors and
perspectives are acceptable.
2. New-Employee Orientation
Roles
The CEOs Role in Orientation
Senior management are often visible
during the new employee orientation
process.
CEOs can:
Welcome employees.
Provide a vision for the company.
Introduce company culture -- what matters.
Convey that the company cares about
employees.
Allay some new employee anxieties and help
them to feel good about their job choice.
2. New-Employee Orientation
HRMs Role in Orientation
Coordinating Role: HRM
instructs new employees
when and where to report;
provides information about
benefits choices.
Participant Role: HRM offers
its assistance for future
employee needs (career
guidance, training, etc.).
3. Employee Training
Definitions
Employee
training
a learning experience
designed to achieve a
relatively permanent change in
an individual that will improve
the ability to perform on the
job.
Employee development
future-oriented training,
focusing on the personal
growth of the employee.
3. Employee Training
Determining Training Needs
Rotation
Understudy Assignments
lectures
Films and videos
Simulation exercises
Vestibule training
5.Employee Development
This future-oriented set of
activities is predominantly
an educational process.
All employees, regardless
of level, can benefit from
the methods previously
used to develop
managerial personnel.
5.Employee Development
Employee development methods
Job
6. Employee Development
Methods
Employee development methods
Committee
assignments provide
opportunities for:
decision-making
learning by watching others
becoming more familiar with
organizational members and problems
Lecture
6. Employee Development
Methods
Employee development methods
Simulations
7. Organization Development
What is change?
OD efforts support changes that are
usually made in four areas:
The
organizations systems
Technology
Processes
People
7. Organization Development
Evaluating Employee
Performance - Agenda
Purpose of performance management
system
Difficulties in performance
management system
Steps of the Appraisal process
Appraisal methods
Performance Evaluation
Purposes of a Performance
Management System
Feedback
Focus
on the individual:
Discussions of performance may elicit
strong emotions and may generate
conflicts when subordinates and
supervisors do not agree.
Focus
Step 1 and 2
Establishment of performance
standards
Derived
goals.
Based on job analysis and job
description.
Communication of performance
standards to employee.
Step 3 and 4
observation
statistical reports
oral reports
written reports
Step 5 and 6
Discussion of appraisal with
employee.
Identification of corrective action
where necessary.
Basic
Appraisal Methods
Three approaches:
Absolute standards
Relative standards
Objectives
1. Absolute Standards
Evaluating absolute standards:
An employees performance is
measured against established
standards.
Evaluation is independent of any other
employee.
1. Absolute Standards
Essay
1. Absolute Standards
Checklist
1. Absolute Standards
Forced-Choice
Appraisal:
Appraisers choose from sets of
statements which appear to be equally
favorable, the statement which best
describes the employee.
1. Absolute Standards
Behaviorally Anchored
Rating Scales (BARS):
Appraiser rates employee on
factors which are defined by
behavioral descriptions
illustrating various
dimensions along each
rating scale.
2. Relative Method
2. Relative Method
2. Relative Method
Individual
Ranking:
Employees are ranked from
highest to lowest.
Paired Comparison:
Each individual is compared to
every other.
Final ranking is based on
number of times the individual
is preferred member in a pair.
3. Achieved Outcome
Method
Management by Objectives (MBO)
includes mutual objective setting and
evaluation based on the attainment of
the specific objectives
3. Achieved Outcome
Method
Common
elements in an MBO
program are:
goal specificity
participative decision making
an explicit time period
performance feedback
Effectively
increases employee
performance and organizational
productivity.
Development of Compensation
and Pay systems - Agenda
Objectives of compensation
Types of rewards
Development of a base pay system
Objectives of compensation
Efficiency
Quality
Performance
Cost
Fairness
Compliance
in ones work
feelings of accomplishment
being part of a work team
sharing
pension plans
paid leaves
purchase discounts
Introduction
Job Evaluation
Pay Survey
Job Structure
ranking of jobs
Labor market conditions
Collective bargaining
Individual skill differences
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