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Human Resource Management
Ans: •Decisions and actions related to managing individuals
throughout the employee life cycle to maximize goal
achievement for employees and the organization
•"People practices"
HR Process
Ans: Onboarding training & development
performance management and compensation/benefits
health/safety labor relations global HR
job analysis, workforce planning, recruitment selection
Interpersonal competencies
Ans: -Include relationship management, communication, and
global and cultural effectiveness.
•Business competencies.
Ans: -Includes business acumen, critical evaluation, and
consultation.
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•Leadership competencies.
Ans: -Includes leadership and navigation and ethical practice.
•Important changes that have implications for HRM.
Ans: Changing demographics, the emerging gig economy,
increased globalization, technology, the availability of data,
and the ongoing and rising importance of ethics and corporate
social responsibility
Changing Demographics
Ans: •Core demographic changes and their major implications
like:
-Recruit, select, train, reward, and manage the workforce.
•Aging of workforce and a major shift in the working
population.
•Race, ethnicity, and demographic shift.
Emergence of the Gig Economy
Ans: •A gig is defined as a single project or task that a worker
is hired to do on demand.
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•A gig economy is characterized by the prevalence of
temporary employment positions.
-Inconsistency in pay and scheduling.
-Lack of benefits associated with this type of employment
contract.
Globalization
Ans: •Globalization of business introduces a number of HRM
challenges.
•Global mobility of potential employees.
•Role of cultural differences in the use of different HRM
practices.
Ethical Challenges and Corporate Social Responsibility
Ans: •Business ethics is a system of principles that govern:
-How businesses operate.
-How decisions are made.
-How people are treated.
-It includes the conduct of individual employees as well as the
entire organization.
Top Management Teams
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Ans: •The top members of the organizational team set the
tone for HR.
•Use of executive recruiting functions - finding the right talent.
HR Managers
Ans: •Oversee the department or HR functions within a group.
•Partner with other managers across the organization.
•Degree of involvement of HR managers influences the
organization.
Line Managers
Ans: •Manage workflows, help support new employee
development, and develop talent for greater responsibilities
over time.
•The climate line managers set can influence
-Level of innovation, safe behaviors, and ethical behaviors
within the group.
Evidence-Based Management
Ans: •Workshops, education courses, academic journals, and
research findings.
•Benchmarking
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