CHAPTER 2
Fundamentals of HRM
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT HRM?
WHO?
WHAT?
WHERE?
WHEN?
WHY?
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CHAPTER 2 TOPICS:
 1:
 2:
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 4:
 5:
 6:
 7:
 8:
 9:
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Management functions
HRM importance
HRM definition
Environmental influences
Management affects HRM
Labor unions
Staffing, training, development functions
Motivation, maintenance functions
HR department activities
Effects of company size and location
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1: MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Plan
Organize
Lead
Control
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2:
IMPORTANCE OF HRM
Complexity
Change
Strategy vs
Representation
Certification
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2: CHANGE AND
COMPLEXITY
Complicated laws
Complex jobs
Skills, boundaries,
project teams
Global work sites
HR specialists
Psychology, sociology,
law, organization and
job design
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2: STRATEGY AND
REPRESENTATION
Competitive
advantage
Proactive
Culture
Performance systems
Recruiting
Training
Retention
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2: HRM CERTIFICATION
Society for Human
Resource
Management
Human Resource
Certification Institute
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3: HRM DEFINITION
ARE ANY OF YOU
WONDERING WHY
YOU ARE IN THIS
CLASS….
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3: HRM DEFINITION
Staff or support
function
Part of every
managerial job
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3: HRM ACTIVITIES
GETTING PEOPLE
PREPARING PEOPLE
STIMULATING
PEOPLE
KEEPING PEOPLE
(Any questions about that part
of your job as a manager?)
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3: STAFFING (GET)
Strategic human
resource planning
Recruiting
Selection
 See Exhibit 2-1
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Exhibit 2-1: Human Resource Management: Primary Activities
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3: TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT (PREPARE)
Orientation
Training
Development
Employee
Career
Organization
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3: MOTIVATION
(STIMULATE)
Job design
Performance
appraisals
Rewards and
compensation
Employee benefits
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3: MAINTENANCE (KEEP)
Health and safety
Communications
Employee relations
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4: MAJOR EXTERNAL
INFLUENCES ON HRM
Dynamic environment
Government
legislation
Labor unions
Current management
practices
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4: REMEMBER CHAPTER
1?
That chapter dealt
with the dynamic
environment of HRM
Write down as many
topics from chapter 1
as you can
remember...
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4: CHAPTER 1 TOPICS
WERE….
Globalization
Diversity
Changing skill
requirements
Continuous
improvement
Work process
engineering
Decentralized work
sites
Employee involvement
(Did I leave any out?)
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4: LEGISLATION
How have employment laws affected
Your work life?
Your family life?
Your parents?
Pair up with a person next to you and tell
each other “stories”
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5: MANAGEMENT
THOUGHT
Frederick Taylor
Hugo Munsterberg
Elton Mayo
W. Edward Demming
Peter Drucker
Dave DeCenzo
Tom Peters
Mary Parker Follett
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6: LABOR UNIONS
Exist to assist workers
Constrain managers
Affect non unionized
workforce
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7: STAFFING ACTIVITIES
Employment planning
Strategic goals and
objectives
Job requirements
change
Job analysis
Job description
Job skills
Recruiting
Selection
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7: TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Adapt to new
surroundings
Cope with change
Meet organizational
needs
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7: TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT DOES

FOCUS
Employee training
YOU
Employee development
?
Career development
?
Organization development ?
•
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NOW
?
?
?
See Exhibit 2-3
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Exhibit 2-3: Training and Development Activities
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8: MOTIVATION
Implications
Individual
Managerial
Organizational
Performance
Willingness
Ability
Respect
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8: MOTIVATION GOAL
Competent and
adapted employees
With up-to-date skills,
knowledge, abilities
Exerting high energy
levels
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8: MAJOR MOTIVATORS
Maslow
McGregregor
Herzberg
McClelland
Adams
Vroom
Me
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8: MAINTENANCE
Health
Safety
Communications
Employee assistance
programs
Environment where
employee voices are
heard
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9: HR DEPARTMENTS
HR DIVISION
VP HR
EMPLOYMENT MANAGER
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
MANAGER
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9: MATCH UP ROLES AND
DEPARTMENTS
ROLES
Trainer
HRIS analysis
Recruiter
Safety
ER
Newsletter
DEPARTMENTS
EMPLOYMENT
TRAINING
COMP&BENEFITS
EMPLOYEE
RELATIONS
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10: VARIATIONS
Shared services
Outsourced services
Generalists-specialists
Globalized
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QUICK: REVIEW
CHAPTER 2
Remember these
terms?
HR Service center
ADA
McGregor
Demming
Plan, Organize, Lead,
Control
 Human Resource
Certification Institute
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BACK TO SQUARE ONE
Major HR functions are…...
Training
Maintenance
Motivation
Staffing
Which one interests you most?
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FORTUNATE US…..
We study them ALL in
this course!
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PREVIEW: CHAPTER 3
Guess what the topic is?
(a) Civil Rights Act
(b) Americans with Disabilities Act
(c) Family and Medical Leave Act
(d) Employee Retirement and Security Act
NO, it’s not environmental influences
again…
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Exhibit 2-2: Relevant Laws Affecting HRM Practices
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Exhibit 2-4: Key Elements of Classic Motivation Theories
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Exhibit 2-5: Sample HRM Organizational Chart, Sample,
Activities, and Selected Salaries
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