Introductory PPT

1. Managing People at Work
( Human Resource Management)
Introduction

2. PrasannaAmaranayake
People as an organization’s key resource
“You can take my factories,
burn up my buildings , but give
me my people, and I’ll bring my
business right back again.”
- Henry Ford
Note : Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the
Ford Motor Company.
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Quote to Ponder

3. •Resource = Man, Money, Material, Minutes, Machines
•People = Human Beings / Human / Employees
•Management : planning, organizing, staffing, leading & controlling
an organization to accomplish the goal or target.
•Human Resources : All people who perform organization’s activities.
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4. How it all starts ?
•The business needs talents.
•The candidate needs a job or wants to advance.
•Both parties agree to terms—title, salary, hours, work
location.
•The deal is done.
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5. PrasannaAmaranayake
Employer Vs Employees
What goes wrong?
• The business leaders focus on the business.
• Employees focus on themselves.
• No one focuses on the relationship between the two.
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6. PrasannaAmaranayake
Employer Vs Employees
Interests of employer and employees :
•Can not be always identical in fact in opposition to each other
•Both groups express, represent and defend their interests
Employee Expectations
The Employer will ;
• Adhere to the job description
• Train/ Develop them
• Provide effective supervision
• Have fair policies
• Treat them respectfully
• Care about them
• Provide opportunities/
promotions/ increments
Employer Expectations
The employee ;
• Can and will do the job well
and increase their profit/income
• Has a good work ethics
•Accepts the reward system
•Will build skills and
capabilities
• Will accept any change
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7. Human Resource Management
• “Human resource management is a distinctive
approach to employment management, which seeks
to achieve competitive advantage through the
strategic development of a highly committed and
capable workforce using an integrated array of
cultural, structural and personnel techniques.”
• “Human resource management is the function
performed in organizations that facilitates the most
effective use of people (employees) to achieve
organizational and individual goals.”
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8. Overall Framework for HRM
(Source : principles of Human Resource Management, George W. Bohlander &
Scott A. Snell, 16th Edition.)
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9. Thank You!