Chain Research Organisation And Consultancy

TRAINING IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Mr M. Musute (B.A, ZICA, MANGO, M&E)

PROJECT MANAGER at C.R.O.C
Human Resource Management

 Human resource management (HRM or HR) is the strategic approach to the

effective and efficient management of people in a company or organization
such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage.
 It is designed to maximize employee performance in service of an employer's
strategic objectives.
 Human resource management is primarily concerned with the management of
people within organizations, focusing on policies and systems.
 The overall purpose of human resources Management (HR) is to ensure that
the organization is able to achieve success through people.
OBJECTIVES OF HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
 Like any field of study, human resource management has a number of
objectives that it would like to achieve; these are many and may include
some if not all of the following:
 Advising management on the appropriate human resource policies that may ensure
that the organization has a highly motivated and high-performing workforce.
 Ensuring that the organization meets its legal employment obligations by adhering
to the requirements of labour laws in the countries that they operate from.
 Developing, Implementing and maintaining all necessary human resource policies
and procedures that may enable the organization to achieve its objectives
 Assisting in the development of the organization's overall direction and strategy on
issue with human resource implications.
CONT

 Giving the support and conditions that will help line managers achieve their
objectives.
 Providing a link between workers and management in the organization.
 Ensuring that organizational standards and values in the management of
human resource are adhered to in an organization.
MAIN HUMAN RESOURCE ACTIVITIES

 Human resource management performs a number of activities in order to

achieve the above mentioned objectives.
 The main ones can be considered in terms of those that apply before, during
and after the appointment of employees.
 The three main Human resource activities are
 Resource Acquisition
 Resource Management
 Resource Disposal
Resource Acquisition

 This is the first activity in human resource management.

 The process involves establishing the organization's requirement for the
resource or people, in terms of quantity, type and quality. It involves:
 Advising management on the appropriate organization structure required to
achieve its objectives.
 Planning and advising on the number of employees and types of jobs required for
the organization to meet its objectives in the most cost -effective way. This is
commonly known as Human Resource planning
 Advising the most effective way of acquiring the people required or recruitment,
selection and placement of people. It ensures that the applicants selected have
the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to be able to carry out the duties
required to the appropriate standard.
Resource Management

 It is not enough for the organization to employ the best people, it needs to
achieve its objectives, it must ensure that those people are retained within
the organization long enough for them to be effective in their performance.
This involves the following:
 Designing and implementing training programs to impart the necessary knowledge,
skills and approach to employees to enhance their performance.
 Designing performance management processes in collaboration with line managers
that will help people to be aware of what is expected of them and increase the
possibility that they will achieve their identified objectives.
 Advising management on the best way to promote sound employee relations
 Ensuring that the organization meets its legal and social obligations to avoid labour
related litigation costs.
Resource Disposal
 There always comes a point at which the organization and the employee have
to part company for a number of reasons. This is what is commonly referred
to as employee separation or human resource disposal.
 It is very important that this is professionally handled by the organization in
order to maintain a good reputation and avoid legal costs. It is the role of the
human resource department in this context to:
 Arrange and conduct termination interviews to ascertain the reasons behind any
resignation and to recommend to management appropriate remedies where
possible.
 Ensure that all the legal requirements are adhered to In the event of redundancy.
 Advise management on the most appropriate redundancy and severance policy on
termination payments.
 Organize any necessary pre-retirement counseling to employees who are about to
retire.
Thank you!!!