MHR 623 Chapter 1: pdf 623.pdf
4 Nov 2014
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Increases the level of competition for customers as well as employees: technology. Advances in technology reduce the need for labour in some industries. Search engines, employment testing, resume matching: demographics. Visible minorities are increasing their proportion in the population. Baby boomers heading for retirement, large gap that is not being met with younger employeesl families having less babies higher expectations: unionization. Artificially increased wages beyond what is acceptable and there are many instances where companies close their doors to relocate elsewhere in a non-unionized environment: economic context. Employers are finding with labour oversuplply situations, they must focus more on the selection of applicants as opposed to the recruitment of them. Principle 1: hrm must carefully coordinate its activities with the other organizational units and people if the larger system is to function properly. 2: hr managers must think in systems terms and have the welfare of the whole organization in mind. Reduced lead time or hiring cycle: ethics.
