The document discusses workforce management, defining it as the involvement of all individuals in an organization, including paid employees, volunteers, and managers. It outlines the historical evolution of workforce management, starting with Taylorism, which focused on optimizing worker productivity through task analysis and efficiency. Strategic human resource management is presented as a means to align HR strategies with organizational effectiveness and adaptability.

1. WORKFORCE FOCUS
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2. WORKFORCE
• Refers to everyone who is actively involved of
accomplishing the work in organization.
- paid employees
- volunteers
- contract employees
- team leaders
- supervisors
- managers at all levels

3. THE EVOLUTION OF WORKFORCE
MANAGEMENT

4. THE EVOLUTION OF WORKFORCE
MANAGEMENT
Taylorism/Taylor System
• In Taylor’s view, the task of factory management
was to determine the best way for the worker to
do the job, to provide the proper tools and
training, and to provide incentives for good
performance.

5. THE EVOLUTION OF WORKFORCE
MANAGEMENT
Taylorism/Taylor System
• He broke each job down into its individual
motions, analyzed these to determine which
were essential, and timed the workers with a
stopwatch. With unnecessary motion eliminated,
the worker, following a machinelike routine,
became far more productive.

6. THE EVOLUTION OF WORKFORCE
MANAGEMENT
• A.K.A. Human Resource Management (HRM)
• Is the function performed in organizations that
facilitates the most effective use of people
(employees) to achieve organizational and
individual goals.

7. Objectives of an Effective Workforce Management
System
• Build a higher performance workplace
• Maintain an environment for quality excellence to allow
enable employees and the organizations to achieve
strategic objectives and adapt to change.
THE EVOLUTION OF WORKFORCE
MANAGEMENT

8. Strategic Human Resource Management
• Is concerned with the contributions HR strategies make
to organizational effectiveness, and how these
contributions are accomplished.
THE EVOLUTION OF WORKFORCE
MANAGEMENT

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