Unit-1: human resource management lecture notes (Perspectives in Human Resource Management )

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UNIT I - Perspectives in Human Resource Management

Evolution of human resource management – the importance of the human factor – objectives of human resource management – role of human resource manager – human resource policies – computer applications in human resource management.
INTRODUCTION

Work life is undergoing sea changes. Every organization understands that change is vital for survival. Human Resource Management must take a proactive role in deciding on the desired change, initiating change and implementing change. It must also be able to tackle the fallouts of change. In the context of rapidly changing work environment, what must human resource managers do to develop key resources? What are the influences that impact the organization? What are the implications to the human resource managers? These issues will be discussed in this unit.
Learning Objectives

After learning this unit you must be able to:
• Identify the key roles of the human resource manager
• Understand the effect of culture on human resource practices
• Appreciate the influence of technology in the workplace
• Analyze how organizations manage manpower
• Explain the importance of quality and continuous improvement in the workplace
• Describe the role of workplace ethics

WHAT IS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT?

Human Resource Management focuses on all issues related to ‘people’ in the organization. The people in an organization are undoubtedly the most important assets. Therefore, special care must be exercised in managing them. Human resource management is concerned with practices involved in the acquisition, development, motivation and maintenance of people. This is important to achieve the organizational goals.
The people in the organization are instrumental to its success. If human resource management practices are good, then the organization will be effective and efficient. ‘Effectiveness’ is reflected by the success in goal achievement. ‘Efficiency’ on the other hand, is reflected by its ability to achieve the output with very little inputs or resources. An organization that is unable to achieve effectiveness or efficiency will eventually die. Survival is dependent on the human resource manager’s competence to coordinate the activities of all the people in the organization.

Role Of Human Resources Managers

Human Resources Managers are involved in the process of organizing, developing, motivating and maintaining the human resources in the organization. Acquisition implies a need to put the right people on the right job. It therefore emphasizes the need to select the right person as well as to define jobs completely. Developing indicates the need to hone the skills of employees in order to enable them to perform well on their job. Motivation is concerned with sustaining the level of performance of each and every employee in the organization. In today’s context of high attrition, there is a need to design attractive measures to retain high performers. Organizations are realizing that this task is perhaps of prime concern. The maintenance function is concerned with such issues that have a direct impact on building employee relationships. The sub functions of these activities are shown in below.
Role of Human Resource Managers

Maintenance
Improving Work Conditions Benefits and Services  Safety and Health  Employee  Relationships  Acquisition
Human Resource Planning Recruiting
Selection
Induction and Socialization
 HRM GOALS 
Motivation
Performance  Appraisal
Linking  Reward  to  Performance Ensuring  Satisfaction  Compensation  Administration  Development
Employee Training Management  Development Organizational  Development Career  Development
You can observe from the figure that the essentially, there are four distinct activities that a human resource manager is involved with. They are:
• Acquisition
• Development
• Motivation and
• Maintenance
Let us also understand what are the sub activities that human resource manager do?
 
Acquisition

It begins with manpower planning. It tries to understand the current human resources available with the organization. A forecast of future manpower requirement and supply are made. Any shortages are made up, through recruitment and selection at appropriate time. Acquisition also includes other activities such as induction and socialization of employees. For example at SumTotal, regular team outings, new inductee lunches and evenings are celebrated to develop cooperation and camaraderie between organizational members.

Development

The development function has four distinct activities. They are employee development, management development, organizational development and career development. Employee development is concerned with developing skills of the employee. It also includes changing the attitudes of employees if need be. Management development is concerned with enhancement of conceptual abilities and improving knowledge acquisition of employees. Organizational development is concerned with planning and managing change. Career development is concerned with matching the long-term goals of the individual employee and the organization. For example, at Ramco System all employees are put through a comprehensive thirty- day program to enrich their skills to enable them to perform well on the job. While at HCL, both technical and soft skill training is provided to employees. This is done to ensure that employees are current in terms of knowledge and skills. It helps them to improve their career prospects.

MOTIVATION
Individual employees are different from each other. Motivation techniques must consider these differences. Therefore, this function is concerned with performance appraisal, methods to stimulate performance, linking rewards to performance, compensation administration, and linking rewards to satisfaction. It also takes into consideration issues such as monotony and boredom causing alienation. It is concerned with disciplining of employees too. The need is to provide challenging, satisfying and personally rewarding jobs. At Sum Total, ‘Power of One’(global award given quarterly) and ‘ Big One” (employee of the year award) are g

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Unit-1: human resource management lecture notes (Perspectives in Human Resource Management )

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Unit-1: human resource management lecture notes (Perspectives in Human Resource Management )

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