MHR 523 Midterm: docx
2 Mar 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The knowledge, education, training, skills and expertise of an organization workforce. Line authority give direction, hire and fire. Staff authority give advice, develop policies and practices that line managers follow. An hr manager has line authority over his or her hr employees and staff authority over other line managers i. e. sales manager, marketing manager, accounting manager. In small organizations, no staff managers might be available to assist. Human resources roles in medium and large organizations-examples. Hr department (staff: meets with manager to get input for job description, recruits for job applicants and does initial screening, designs performance appraisal document and trains manager. Marketing manager (line: provides input to hr for job description. Interviews final three applicants and makes selection decision: completes performance appraisal forms and conducts pa interview. Hrm 8 profession: a common body of knowledge, performance standards, professional association, external perception as a professional, code of ethics, required training credentials, ongoing skill development, maintenance of professional competence.
