MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Resource Management, Job Design, Telecommuting

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All the major achievements or technological advances that we see today share a common feature: organization. The common element found in any organization is people". Whenever any organization is praised for their products or services, people (human resources) are the major reason behind the achievement or praises. Organizations refer to these people as their resources, the human resources. The five major challenges faced by the canadian businesses/organizations today are: economic (recession, technological ( computerization and automations, demographics ( age and education level, cultural ( different races and ethnicities, legal ( policies and laws) The canadian businesses face three major economic challenges: surviving a recessionary cycle, facing the global trade challenge and meeting the challenge of productivity improvement. Productivity refers to the ratio of outputs (goods and services) to its inputs (people, materials, energy etc. ) An organizations productivity increases when the inputs used to produce a product is fewer. Outsourcing: means contracting tasks to outside agencies or persons.

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