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| Human Resource Management |
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The organizational function, which provides for the effective utilization of the human resource... to seek to productive contributions of the human resource... for the effectiveness of and benefit to:
1. The individual
2. The organization
3. Our society |
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1. Scarce
2. Unpredictable
3. Active
4. Improvable
5. Heterogeneous
6. Non-material |
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| The strategic importance of human resource is gaining and sustaining a competitive advantage (employees who add value) *HR must be strategic* |
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| Objectives of Human Resource Management |
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1. The ARM function (Attract, Retain, Motivate)
2 Other goals of HRM (productivity, quality of work life, legal compliance, competitive advantage, and workforce flexibility) |
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| Organizational Roles of Personnel |
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1. Provider - Provide your function (do your job!)
2. Auditor and Controller (monitor)
3. Firefighter - React mode to the things that happen
4. Innovator/change agent - what do you do when not much is going on (dreaming of improvements)
5. Adapter - Adapt to changing times. Help people adapt.
6. Risk manager |
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| Certification/Accreditation (Professionalism) |
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*Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI)*
Levels
1. Professional in Human Resource (PHR)
--2 to 4 years of exempt experience
--focuses on implementation of policies and practices
2. Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
--6 to 8 years of progressive exempt exp.
--Designs and plans rather than implements
3. Global Professional in Human Resource (GPHR)
--Develops and implements global HR strategies
--two years experience in international HR |
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1. Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)
2. Commerce Clearing House (CHH)
3. Other "cookbooks" in personnel |
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As individuals may quit without reason or notification, employers may terminate employees in the same manner
The three MUST HAVE provisions
1. State that all employment is at will
2. Retain the right to midify anything in the manual
3. Clarify the manual and the policies inside do not constitute a contract nor do they create entitlement to employment |
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26% are single
Womens issues--tremendous societal changes (abortion, divorce)
CRAZY DECADE! |
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POOSSLQ (this term was used in the 1980 census)
Age was the major issue but then AIDS
1986 - Got rid of the mandatory age returement |
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Generational issues
*First time to have 4 generations in the workforce |
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Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
*Happened in the 70s but was named this in the 80s |
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| Causes for the "changing workforce" |
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1. later marriages
2. Choosing to never marry
3. Continuing high divorce rate |
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| Nepatistic vs. Antinepatistic |
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Nepatistic - Pro family
Antinepatistic - Anti Family (No families working in a company) |
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