Lecture 1: HRM introduction, Planning and Turnover
Learning Objectives
1. Explain what human resource management is and how it relates to the management
process.
2. Show with examples why human resource management is important to all managers.
3. Illustrate the human resources responsibilities of line and staff (HR) managers.
4. List and briefly describe important traits of today’s human resource managers.
5. Briefly discuss and illustrate each of the important trends influencing human resource
management.
6. Define the internal and external supply of human resources planning
7. Explain the turn over issues in own words
What is human resource (HR) management and why
is it important?
HRM
The management process includes several functions:
planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling.
Human resource management is the process of acquiring, training,
appraising, and compensating employees, and attending to their labor
relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns.
The Management Process
› Planning
› Organizing
› Staffing
› Leading
› Controlling
Review
› Part of total management process
› Focus on staffing processes
› Job analyses
› Recruiting
› Compensation
› Performance
› Compliance issues, etc.
, Human Resource (HR) Responsibilities of Line and Staff Managers
Line and Staff Managers
› Line authority gives you the right to issue orders
› Staff authority gives you the right to advise others in the organization
Human Resource Duties
Line Managers
› Job placement
› Orientation & Training
› Performance
› Cooperation
› Labor costs
› Development
Review
› Profits and performance
› HR is a line function within HR department
› HR is a staff function to support line management
› Right person, right job
Vinke - levels of HRM
4. HRM (contributor)
3. Personnel management (influence)
2. Personnel supervisor (support)
1. Personnel Administration (supervise)
Vinke (2005)
Learning Objectives
1. Explain what human resource management is and how it relates to the management
process.
2. Show with examples why human resource management is important to all managers.
3. Illustrate the human resources responsibilities of line and staff (HR) managers.
4. List and briefly describe important traits of today’s human resource managers.
5. Briefly discuss and illustrate each of the important trends influencing human resource
management.
6. Define the internal and external supply of human resources planning
7. Explain the turn over issues in own words
What is human resource (HR) management and why
is it important?
HRM
The management process includes several functions:
planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling.
Human resource management is the process of acquiring, training,
appraising, and compensating employees, and attending to their labor
relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns.
The Management Process
› Planning
› Organizing
› Staffing
› Leading
› Controlling
Review
› Part of total management process
› Focus on staffing processes
› Job analyses
› Recruiting
› Compensation
› Performance
› Compliance issues, etc.
, Human Resource (HR) Responsibilities of Line and Staff Managers
Line and Staff Managers
› Line authority gives you the right to issue orders
› Staff authority gives you the right to advise others in the organization
Human Resource Duties
Line Managers
› Job placement
› Orientation & Training
› Performance
› Cooperation
› Labor costs
› Development
Review
› Profits and performance
› HR is a line function within HR department
› HR is a staff function to support line management
› Right person, right job
Vinke - levels of HRM
4. HRM (contributor)
3. Personnel management (influence)
2. Personnel supervisor (support)
1. Personnel Administration (supervise)
Vinke (2005)
