What is human resources management?

Answer 1

Human Resource Management (HRM) is both an academic theory and a business practice that addresses the theoretical and practical techniques of managing a workforce. The theoretical discipline is based primarily on the assumption that employees are individuals with varying goals and needs, and as such should not be thought of as basic business resources, such as trucks and filing cabinets. The field takes a positive view of workers, assuming that virtually all wish to contribute to the enterprise productively, and that the main obstacles to their endeavors are lack of knowledge, insufficient training, and failures of process.

HRM is seen by practitioners in the field as a more innovative view of workplace management than the traditional approach. Its techniques force the managers of an enterprise to express their goals with specificity so that they can be understood and undertaken by the workforce, and to provide the resources needed for them to successfully accomplish their assignments. As such, HRM techniques, when properly practiced, are expressive of the goals and operating practices of the enterprise overall.

The field also encompasses the sometimes arcane details of what is traditionally referred to as personnel management. Personnel management as a term describes those activities that are necessary in the recruiting of a workforce, providing its members with payroll and benefits, and administrating their work-life needs. In many locales, these activities can require a considerable amount of regulatory knowledge and effort, and many enterprises can benefit from the recruitment and development of personnel with these specific skills.

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is the effective use of human resources in order to enhance organisational performance.
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Describes the functions within a company that relate to people. Computer systems to support this function include Payroll, Personnel and Skills Database.
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Activities an organization conducts to use its human resource effectively.
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Staffing function of the organization. It includes the activities of human resources planning, recruitment, selection, orientation, training, performance appraisal, compensation, and safety.
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includes recruitment and selection of appropriate staff and management of the employment relationship, which includes contracts, collective bargaining, reward systems and employee involvement, and considers the strategic and operational view of human resource requirements.
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Answer 2

Some funny true stories from Human Resources in a book entitled “Human Resources or was it Human Remains –true stories from a career in HR” by Andrew Wyndham http://www.amazon.com/Human-Resources-was-Remains-stories/dp/1502819406/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415375900&sr=8-1&keywords=andrew+wyndham+human

Answer 3

It used to be called the head of the Personnel Department.

Answer 4

Human Resource Management involves managing your workforce in an effective way. It cover all aspects of Human Resources from hiring till termination.

Answer 5

Basically it focuses on recruitment, management and providing direction for the personnel.

Answer 6

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