HRM 3470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Performance Management, Job Security, Organizational Culture

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3470
• Professor: Souha Ezzedeen

Document Summary

Hrm is the relationship between employees and their employing organization. Line vs staff: line: employee directly involved in producing the company its goods or delivering its services (r&d, production, staff: employee who support the line function (hrm, accounting) Primary hr activities: strategic hr planning, recruitment, selection, employee relation and services, labour relation, legal compliance, health and safety, compensation and benefits, performance management, training and development, administration and record keeping. Recruitment: the generation of an applicant pool of qualified candidates for a position involves identifying and attracting target groups. Selection: the choice of job candidates from an applicant pool in a way that will meet management goals and comply with legal requirement. Level of selection: entry level, upward promotion, lateral transfer, training/development program. Environmental (beyond the control of management: globalization, technological advances, skill strategies, legislation, workforce diversity, evolving work + family roles. Industrial (unique to a specific industry: deregulation, technology, demographic. Organizational change: decentralization, downsizing, restructuring, outsourcing.