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    The document discusses the main tasks and missing focus areas of human resource management (HRM). It also examines the differences between line and staff authority, the role of line managers in HR functions, and how the changing environment is impacting HRM. Specifically, the key areas of HRM are ensuring the right people are in the right jobs, motivating employees, measuring productivity, and developing potential. However, HRM is also missing a focus on improving productivity, quality, facilitating mergers and acquisitions, managing knowledge, and bringing new products to market.

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    Special Topics in HRM

    Overview of HRM
    Jerry Estenson

    Main Tasks of HRM

    Right results Through people


    Right people for the right jobs
    Motivating these folks
    Measuring their productivity
    Develop their full potential

    Missing Focus for HR

    Improving productivity
    Increasing quality
    Facilitating mergers and acquisitions
    Managing knowledge
    Improving organizations ability to bring
    new product/services to market

    Line versus Staff Authority


    Line Managers
    Carry the burden of the bottom line

    HRM
    Lightens the load from a people perspective
    Implied or borrowed authority
    Functional control (speaks for management)
    Employee advocate (conscious of the
    organization)

    Role of Line Managers in HR


    functions
    See page 6 for the list of ten activities that
    are clearly HR in nature.

    Changing Environment
    More HR executives come from outside
    the field (25%)
    Globalization
    Technology (IT will play an important role.
    Moving traditional HR functions to the
    Intranet)
    HR being tied to performance metrics

    Core Competencies

    Knowledge of Employment Law


    Soft Leadership Skills
    High ethical standards
    Technology skills (Human Resources
    Information Systems

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