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“HRM is the provision of leadership and direction of people in their working or

employment relationship”
-Dale Voder
WHAT IS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM)?

• Recruiting

• Providing orientation to Employees

• Appraising their performance

• Motivating them

• Ensuring their Safety


15 KEY FUNCTIONS OF HRM

1) HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING

2) EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

3) REWARDS & RECOGNITION

4) INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

5) INFORMATION SHARING

6) POLICY FORMULATION
1)HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
 An HR should know the future needs of the company

 Helps to Recruit , Retain and Optimize

 Also known as workforce planning

• EXAMPLE:

• STARBUCKS has a unique selection process

• This approach of them has led to the lowest employee


turnover rate compared to other quick service
restaurants.
2)EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
 Helps to acquire new and brilliant talent in the company

 Enhances well being and boosts productivity of the


employees

 Ensures every employee is fully dedicated and committed to


the company’s missions and goals

 Organizations put significant sums in employee engagement


to convince employees that they matter

EXAMPLE:

Google allows its employees to spend 20% of


their time on their personal projects

It has delivered some great results like Gmail and


Google Maps
3) REWARDS & RECOGNITION
 If implemented effectively then it proves to be an
efficient tool

 Recognizing employees efforts makes them feel


worthy

 It is a fact that encouraged employees can change


the fate of the company

 They can be Monetary or Non-Monetary

EXAMPLES:
Bonuses, Written praise, Verbal praise
4) INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
 By maintaining good industrial relations organizations
hope to keep employees loyal and more engaged

 HR helps in preventing and resolving disputes or


problems between the management and the
employees

 HR also assists in creating and enforcing policies that


are fair and consistent for everyone in the workplace
5) INFORMATION SHARING
 It is important to keep everyone in the organization up
to date with the latest news

 Promoting information-sharing culture in the office will


significantly shrink the time spent looking for
knowledge

 It involves safety procedures , announcements or layoffs


or any other significant occasion applicable for
employees

EXAMPLE:

MERGER announcement of VODAFONE


AND IDEA
6) POLICY FORMULATION
 Human Resource policies are also defined as that body
of principles and rules of conduct which govern the
organization in its relationship with the employees

 These policies can serve to resolve many


misunderstandings between employees and employers

 Policies should conform with the laws of the country ,


state or province otherwise they are bound to cause
problems for the organization

Policies control various activities


like-

PROPER COMMUNICATION STANDARDISED METHODS&PROCEDURES

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