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