BUSI 3102 Lecture 1: Intro to Human Resource Managment

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Business
• Course: BUSI 3102
• Professor: Larry M.Coutts

Document Summary

Driving forces for hrm: strategic priorities related to hrm, attracting skilled staff. Improve workforce performance: change management behaviours, change culture/attitudes. People (human resources are common in all social organizations) Human resource management: management of people within an organization using systems, methods, processes and procedures to enable employees to maximize organizational contribution, supports and enables organizations to meet short-term and long-term goals, a means to achieve organizational objectives. Hrm issues: legal: employment equity, economic: global trade & competition, demographic: gender, aging population, shift towards knowledge workers, technological: it, flexible work design, cultural: diversity, ethics. Hrm challenges: workforce shortage, training, learning, development spending stagnation, motivational tools for employees should differ, hrm activities devolving to middle management (selection, training) Attract quality workforce develop quality workforce maintain quality workforce: hr planning, recruiting process, selection process, employee. Design: career development, work & life balance, compensation &