Human Resource Management: Overview
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ANSWERS TO UNIVERSITY
QUESTION PAPERS
(1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
INDEX
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ( H R M ) 3
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: - 8
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 9
TEAM EFFECTIVENESS 10
HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING ( H R P ) 13
JOB ANALYSIS 19
JOB DESCRIPTION…………………………………………………………………...23
JOB SPECIFICATION 24
JOB EVALUATION 25
JOB DESIGN 27
DESIGNING JOBS – MOTIVATING JOBS 30
JOB SATISFACTION 31
WORK SAMPLING 32
RECRUITMENT & SELECTION 34
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 38
INDUCTION & ORIENATION 43
CHANGE MANAGEMENT 45
PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS 51
INCENTIVES BASED COMPENSATION 57
HUMAN RESOURCE AUDIT 58
MOTIVATION THEORIES 60
MORALE 62
PERSONNEL POLICIES 63
WORKERS’ PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT 64
UNIONS 65
ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING 67
MEANING OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE 68
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ( H R M )
Definition 1 – Integration
“HRM is a series of integrated decisions that form the employment relationships; their quality contributes to the ability of the organizations and the employees to achieve their objectives.”
Definition 2 – Influencing
“HRM is concerned with the people dimensions in management. Since every organization is made up of people, acquiring their services, developing their skills, motivating them to higher levels of performance and ensuring that they continue to maintain their commitment to the organization are essential to achieving organizational objectives. This is true, regardless of the type of the organization – government, business, education, health, recreational, or social action.”
Definition 3 – Applicability
“HRM planning, organizing, directing and controlling of the procurement, development, compensation, integration, maintenance and separation of human resources to the end that individual, organizational and social objectives are accomplished.”
MEANING OF HRM: -
HRM is management function
ANSWERS TO UNIVERSITY
QUESTION PAPERS
(1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
INDEX
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ( H R M ) 3
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: - 8
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 9
TEAM EFFECTIVENESS 10
HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING ( H R P ) 13
JOB ANALYSIS 19
JOB DESCRIPTION…………………………………………………………………...23
JOB SPECIFICATION 24
JOB EVALUATION 25
JOB DESIGN 27
DESIGNING JOBS – MOTIVATING JOBS 30
JOB SATISFACTION 31
WORK SAMPLING 32
RECRUITMENT & SELECTION 34
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 38
INDUCTION & ORIENATION 43
CHANGE MANAGEMENT 45
PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS 51
INCENTIVES BASED COMPENSATION 57
HUMAN RESOURCE AUDIT 58
MOTIVATION THEORIES 60
MORALE 62
PERSONNEL POLICIES 63
WORKERS’ PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT 64
UNIONS 65
ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING 67
MEANING OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE 68
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ( H R M )
Definition 1 – Integration
“HRM is a series of integrated decisions that form the employment relationships; their quality contributes to the ability of the organizations and the employees to achieve their objectives.”
Definition 2 – Influencing
“HRM is concerned with the people dimensions in management. Since every organization is made up of people, acquiring their services, developing their skills, motivating them to higher levels of performance and ensuring that they continue to maintain their commitment to the organization are essential to achieving organizational objectives. This is true, regardless of the type of the organization – government, business, education, health, recreational, or social action.”
Definition 3 – Applicability
“HRM planning, organizing, directing and controlling of the procurement, development, compensation, integration, maintenance and separation of human resources to the end that individual, organizational and social objectives are accomplished.”
MEANING OF HRM: -
HRM is management function