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Human Resources Management

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CHAPTER 1

Changing Nature of Human Resource Management
After you have read this chapter, you should be able to:


Identify four major HR challenges currently facing organizations and managers. List and define each of the seven major categories of HR activities. Identify the three different roles of HR management. Discuss the three dimensions associated with HR management as a strategic business contributor. Explain why HR professionals and operating managers must view HR management as an interface. Discuss why ethical issues and professionalism affect HR management as a career field.



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HR TRANSITIONS

HR Management Contributes to Organizational Success
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Executives believe that their emphasis on HR activities has contributed significantly to the Bank of Montreal’s achieving period profits for seven years in a row. In summary, it is evident that the transition of HR management at GE Fanuc and at Bank of Montreal has enhanced organizational competitiveness and success.1

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Section 1 HR Management—Strategies and Environment



HR should be defined not by what it does, but by what it delivers.

DAVID ULRICH

Human Resource (HR) management
The design of formal systems in an organization to ensure the effective and efficient use of human talent to accomplish the organizational goals.

As human resources have become viewed as more critical to organizational success, many organizations have realized that it is the people in an organization that can provide a competitive advantage.2 Throughout the book it will be emphasized that the people as human resources contribute to and affect the competitive success of the organization. Human Resource (HR) management deals with the design of formal systems in an organization to ensure the effective and efficient use of human talent to accomplish organizational goals. In an organization, the management of human resources means that they must be recruited, compensated, trained, and developed.



HR Management Challenges
The environment faced by HR management is a challenging one; changes are occurring rapidly across a wide range of

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