Saturday, April 16, 2011

Introduction to Human Resource Management

From an academic perspective, the subject of Human Resource Management is commonly divided into 5 Sections: -
  1. Context of Human Resource Management
  2. Performance
  3. Relations
  4. Development
  5. Employment
Some Human Resource Management Text Book also has sections that cover: -
  • International HR Management
  • Emerging HR Issues
  • e-HR Technology
  • Change Management (Human Side)
From a corporate HRM practices, a typical Human Resource Dept organization structure will be divided into following functions: -
  • HR Admin / Compliance / Record Mgt - leaves, HRIS, etc)
  • Recruitment (Talent Acquisition, College Recruitment Program, etc)
  • Training & Development (Company Training Program, Training Grant Claims, Talent Management / Succession Plan, etc.)
  • Industrial Relations (Negotiation with Union on CA, Domestic Inquiry, etc)
  • Employee’s Relations / Employee’s Engagement
  • Compensation & Benefits; and Rewards (usually Performance fall under this function)
  • HR Projects (HR Systems, M&A, Formulating Policies & Procedures, Competency Mapping, etc)

Exhibit 1: The HR Activities
[Source: Ghee-Mathis-Jackson, 2010 - Human Resource Management, An Asia Edition]

1 comment:

  1. Actually I read it yesterday but I had some thoughts about it and today I wanted to read it again because it is very well written.
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