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accompany
Fundamentals
of Human
Resource
Management 3e
George A. Wynn, Ph.D.
Eckerd College
St. Petersburg, FL

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1
Managing
Human
Resources
Today
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Learning Objectives
1. Answer the question, What is
human resource management?
2. Explain with at least four examples
why knowing HR management
concepts and techniques is
important to any supervisor or
manager.
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Learning Objectives (cont.)

3. Explain, with examples, what trends are
influencing human resource management.
4. List, with examples, 10 things todays HR
managers do to deal with these trends and
challenges.
5. Discuss some competencies HR managers
need to deal with todays trends and
challenges.
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What Is Human Resource

Management?

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HR Management Includes
Organizations
Managers
Five basic functions:
o Planning
o Organizing
o Staffing
o Leading
o Controlling
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Explain with at least four

examples why knowing
HR management
concepts and techniques
is important to any
supervisor or manager.
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Why Is HR Management
Important to All Managers?
Avoid personnel mistakes such as:
o Not doing their best
o Wrong person
o Employees not performing
o High turnover
o Legal issues
o Unsafe practices
o Lack of training
o Unfair labor practices
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Why Is HR Management
Important to All Managers?
Improve profits
and performance
You may spend
some time as an
HR manager
HR for
entrepreneurs
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Line Versus Staff Authority

Line and staff aspects of HRM
Authority
oThe right to make decisions
oTo direct the work of others
oTo give orders
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Line and Staff Aspects

of HRM

Recruiting
Interviewing
Selecting
Training

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Line-Staff HR Cooperation

Shared responsibility
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Line Managers HR
Management Responsibilities

Placement
Orientation
Training
Job performance
Cooperation
Policies and
procedures

Controlling labor
costs
Employee
development
Morale
Health and safety

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Organizing the HR
Departments Responsibilities
Recruiters
Equal Employment
Opportunity
Job analysts
Compensation
managers
Training specialists
Labor relations
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Reorganizing the HRM

Function
New types of HR groups:
oTransactional
oCorporate
oEmbedded
oCenters of expertise

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Trends Influencing HR
Management
Technological
Advances
The Nature of
Work
o Service Jobs
o Human Capital
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Trends Influencing HR
Management (cont.)
Demographic Trends
o Generation Y
o Retirees
o Nontraditional Workers
o Workers from Abroad

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Explain with examples

what trends are influencing
human resource
management.
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Globalization
Firms extend sales, ownership and
manufacturing to other countries
Free trade areas
Lower labor costs
Forming partnerships
Offshoring
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Indebtedness (Leverage)
and Deregulation

Investment banking (by banks)

Lending practices
No money down
Spending > Income
Debtor nation
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Economic Challenges and

Trends

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List, with examples, the

main implications of the
trends for managers.

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What Do the New HR

Managers Do?
Big Picture
New Ways for HR
Services
Talent Management
Employee
Engagement
Ethics
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What Do the New HR

Managers Do? (cont.)

Measurement
Evidence-Based
Add Value
HR Philosophy
New
Competencies

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Competencies Needed
by HR Managers

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Certifications
Human Resource
Certification
Institute (HRCI)
The HRCI
Knowledge Base

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The Plan of the Book

1. Introduction
2. Staffing: Workforce Planning and
Employment
3. Training and Human Resource
Development
4. Compensation and Total Rewards
5. Employee and Labor Relations
6. Special Issues in Human Resource
Management
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