This document discusses key aspects of human resource management (HRM) including defining human resources and HRM, common HRM practices like employee selection, motivation, and management. It also discusses how aligning a workforce through the right hiring and placement can improve an organization's performance through better service, productivity, reputation and customer satisfaction. Specific HRM strategies to motivate employees through adventurous trips and workplace drinks are also mentioned.

3.  What are Human Resources?
 What is Human Resource Management?
 HRM Practices.
 HRM process.
 Work-force Alignment.
 Organization’s performance.

4. Human
resources is a set
of individuals
who make up the
workforce of an
organization,
business sector, or
economy.

5.  It is a function in organizations designed
to maximize employee performance in
service of an employer's strategic
objectives.
 HR is primarily concerned with the
management of people within
organizations, focusing on policies and
on systems.

6. HRM
Practices
Employee
Selection
Employee
Motivation
Employee
Management

7. While selecting
people for job, those
who don’t meet the
required qualification
criteria should not be
selected.
Only job-fit,
Organization-fit and
future-fit persons
should be selected.

8. Employee selection process takes following steps:
1) Identification of Vacancy and Need:
Whether new position is required to be created or
replacement of an old one.
2) Develop Position Description:
Identify position purpose, essential job functions,
minimum requirement, preferred qualification etc.

9. 3) Develop Recruitment Plan:
Planning about
 Placement goals,
 Posting period,
 Advertising resources,
 Resume Banks etc.
4) Recruitment Process:
Recruitment process involves
 Selecting appropriate selection committee,
 Short-listing,
 Conducting written tests,
 Conducting final interview.

10. Employee management is the management
of subordinates/staff in an organization.
Often, large organizations have many of
these functions performed by a specialist
department, such as Personnel or Human
Resources Department.

11. It involves:
 Making policies and
procedures,
 Training employees,
 Payroll management,
 Setting standards and
rules,
 Evaluating the
performance
of employees,
 Conflict resolution etc.

12.  Employee motivation is the level of
energy, commitment, and creativity that a
company's workers bring to their jobs.
 Whether the economy is growing or
shrinking, finding ways to motivate
employees is always a management
concern.

14. HRM
Workforce
Alignment
Organization’s
Performance

15. An organization with an aligned workforce has:
a) the right types of people,
b) in the right places,
c) at the right times,
d) doing the right things,
e) in a right way.

16.  Able to deliver better services and solutions.
 Performance is increased.
 Good reputation.
 Able to capture high market share.
 Better satisfaction of customers and clients.
 Better environment of organization.

17. Adventurous Trips:
Some companies like TIENS & IKEW offer
adventurous trips to foreign countries on the basis
of performance to motivate employees.
Drinking on the job:
Most firms punish drinking on the job but
numerous Silicon Valley and San Francisco firms
now offer beer and wine to their employees.
Rather than having to go out after work to drink
and collaborate, they can do it in the workplace. It
has a huge impact on their annual turnover.