MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hawthorne Effect, Performance Appraisal, Human Capital

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 523
• Professor: Pat Sniderman

Document Summary

Human resources management (hrm) - the management of people in orgs. to drive successful organizational performance and achievement of organization"s strategic goals. Human capital - the knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of an organization"s workforce (e. g. speaking another language, playing an instrument) Said that a good worker should work and not think too much. Studied how psychological and social processes affect productivity and work adjustment. Outsourcing of many administrative functions (e. g. sunlife handles insurance instead of hr) Emphasis on contribution and proactive management with people. Rule that every manager must possess basic hr skills. New roles: activist, change steward, talent manager, operational executor, business ally. Strategy - making organizational missions, goals, objectives and action plans for a reward that explicitly recognize the competition and the impact of outside environmental forces email requesting an interview. E. g. google needed to hire it, so if you put down certain words you would get an. Women, aboriginal population, people with disabilities, etc.