iNTRODUCTION TO HRM

1. CHAPTER 1:
INTRODUCTION TO
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

2. MAIN POINTS OF CHAPTER 1
 Definition and Concept of Human Resource
Management
 History of Human Resource Management
 Functions of Human Resource Management
 Emerging role of Human Resource Management
 Role of HR Executives
 Challenges to HR Professionals
 Strategic Human Resource Management

3. DEFINITION AND CONCEPT OF
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
“Personnel/Human resource management is
the function performed in organizations
that facilitates the most effective use of
people (employees) to achieve
organizational goals.”
Ivancevich and Glueck

4. FOUR FUNCTONS OF HRM
 Acquiring
 Developing
 Motivating
 Retaining human resources

5. HISTORY OF
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
 Scientific Management Approach
 Fredrick Taylor is considered to be the father
of scientific management
 Focused on the study of motions
 Study of motions replaced by “rule-of-the
thumb” method to accomplish a task
 Economic man concept

6.  Human Relations Approach
 Employee productivity is affected not only by
job design and economic rewards
 Reasons for failure in increasing productivity
and job satisfaction by the approach
 It did not recognize individual differences
 It did not recognize the need for job structure
 It did not recognize the influence of
employee satisfaction and productivity on
work

7. Human Resources Approach
Employee Motivation
Employee
Performance
Employee
Rewards
Organizational Performance

8. FUNCTIONS OF
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
 Managerial functions
 Planning
 Organizing
 Staffing
 Directing
 Controlling

9. Operative functions
 Employment
 Human resources development
 Compensation
 Employee relations

10. EMERGING ROLE OF
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Human resources-A competitive
advantage
 According to Adi Godrej,”all corporate
strengths are dependent on people.”
Human resources accounting
 According to Eric Flamholtz “accounting
people as organizational resources. Human
resources accounting is measurement of cost
and value of people for an organization.”

11. ROLE OF HR EXECUTIVES
 Service provider
 Executive
 Facilitator
 Consultant
 Auditor

12. CHALLENGES TO
HR PROFESSIONALS
 Worker Productivity
 Quality Improvement
 The Changing Attitudes of Workforce
 The Impact of Government
 Quality of Work Life
 Technology and Training

13. STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
 Strategic Human Resource Management is the
optimum utilization of human resources
 Strategic HR involves designing HR goals in
alignment with the goals of the organization
 The Indian Scenario and HRM

14. FOCAL POINTS OF CHAPTER 1
Definition and Concept
History
Functions
Emerging role
Role of HR Executives
Challenges to HR Professionals
Strategic Human Resource Management