Human Resources Management
Chapter 1
“Human Resource Management in Organizations”
1. Discuss several areas in which HR can affect organizational culture positively or negatively.
2. Give some examples of ethical issues that you have experienced in jobs, and explain how HR did or did not help resolve them.
3. Why is it important for HR management to transform from being primarily administrative and operational to becoming a more strategic contributor?
4. Assume you are an HR director with a staff of seven people. A departmental objective is for all staff members to become professionally certified within a year. Using Internet resources of HR associations such as www.shrm.org and www.WorldatWork.org, develop a table that identifies four to six certifications that could be obtained by your staff members, and show the important details for each certification.
1. Human Resources has a profound effect on an organization. The HR department is responsible in several ways including but not limited to administrative, organizational and strategic. This can affect the organization in a positive or a negative way which can include payroll, how the building is set up, the hiring process and disciplinary actions concerning employees. HR must be empathetic to the employee but at the same time set forth rules and guidelines and make sure everyone is following the policies and procedures put in place.
2. While working at a local hospital a friend of mine looked at another employee’s medical record. HR had to make the choice on what disciplinary action to take on the employee who looked up the record. Ultimately the employee was fired for misuse of power and violating the privacy act.
3. It is important for HR Management to become more a more strategic contributor because it gives a sense that they are willing to help all employees. It can give an assurance that may have not been there before. This makes HR less of a pressure point and more of a team player and this can boost morale for the
“Human Resource Management in Organizations”
1. Discuss several areas in which HR can affect organizational culture positively or negatively.
2. Give some examples of ethical issues that you have experienced in jobs, and explain how HR did or did not help resolve them.
3. Why is it important for HR management to transform from being primarily administrative and operational to becoming a more strategic contributor?
4. Assume you are an HR director with a staff of seven people. A departmental objective is for all staff members to become professionally certified within a year. Using Internet resources of HR associations such as www.shrm.org and www.WorldatWork.org, develop a table that identifies four to six certifications that could be obtained by your staff members, and show the important details for each certification.
1. Human Resources has a profound effect on an organization. The HR department is responsible in several ways including but not limited to administrative, organizational and strategic. This can affect the organization in a positive or a negative way which can include payroll, how the building is set up, the hiring process and disciplinary actions concerning employees. HR must be empathetic to the employee but at the same time set forth rules and guidelines and make sure everyone is following the policies and procedures put in place.
2. While working at a local hospital a friend of mine looked at another employee’s medical record. HR had to make the choice on what disciplinary action to take on the employee who looked up the record. Ultimately the employee was fired for misuse of power and violating the privacy act.
3. It is important for HR Management to become more a more strategic contributor because it gives a sense that they are willing to help all employees. It can give an assurance that may have not been there before. This makes HR less of a pressure point and more of a team player and this can boost morale for the