Human Resource

Management (HRM)
Cluster 01
Introduction to HRM
Lecture 01 - Introduction to
HRM
“
The key for us, number
one, has always been
hiring very smart people.

– Bill Gates, Microsoft

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The Nature and scope of HRM/ Intro to HRM

▪ Definitions of HRM
▪ Main functions and activities of HRM
▪ The ‘Best Fit’ approach vs ‘Best Practice’
▪ The hard and soft models of HRM
▪ Workforce planning
▪ Types of labour market, labour market trends and
PESTLE
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The Nature and scope of HRM

▪ The internal labour market

▪ Analysing turnover, stability and retention
▪ The impact of legal and regulatory frameworks
▪ The impact that advances in technology have had
upon improving the efficiency of HR practices

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Concept and Definitions of HRM

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Concept of HRM
Human Resource Management
▪ Human: refers to the skilled workforce
in an organization
▪ Resource: refers to limited availability
or scarce
▪ Management: refers how to make best
use of such limited resource so as to
meet the organization goals and
objectives
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Definitions of HRM

Human Resource Management

▪ Set of organizational activities directed at attracting,
developing, and maintaining an effective workforce

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Definitions of HRM

Human Resource Management

▪ The HRM process consists of planning, attracting,
developing, and retaining the human resources
(employees) of an organization

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Definitions of HRM

Human Resource Management

▪ HRM is an art of managing people at work in such
a manner that they give their best to the
organization for achieving its set goals

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Functions and Activities of HRM

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 HRM Functions
& Activities

HR Performance & Employee Motivation & Employee

Acquisition/S Compensation Training & Maintenance Relations
taffing 1. Performance Development 1. Motivation 1.
1. HR Management 1. Training & Techniques Grievances
Planning 2. Development 2. Health & 2. Dispute
2. Recruitment Compensation 2. Career Safety Management
3. Selection Package Planning 3. Retention
4. Placement 3. Organizational
Development

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HRM Functions & Activities - HR Acquisition/Staffing

1. HR Acquisition/Staffing
▪ HR Planning
▫ Refers to identifying the numbers and types of
candidates required by the organization
▫ Assessing the current and future HR needs of an
organization and developing a plan to meet those needs

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HR Planning

Assessing Current &

Assessing Current Future
Human Resources Human Resource
Needs

Developing a
Program to Meet
Needs
FOM 9.
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HRM Functions & Activities - HR Acquisition/Staffing

▪ Recruitment is the process of searching the

candidates for employment and encouraging them
to apply for a vacancy or job in the organization

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HRM Functions & Activities - HR Acquisition/Staffing

▪ Selection is the process of selecting a qualified

person who can successfully do a job and deliver
valuable contributions to the organization.
▪ Placement is assigning a specific job to each of
the selected candidates. It implies matching the
requirements of a job with the qualifications of
the candidate.
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HRM Functions & Activities – Performance & Compensation

2. Performance and Compensation

▪ Compensation means the reward that is received
by an employee for the work performed in an
organization.
▪ Compensation Package may include financial and
non-financial compensations.

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HRM Functions & Activities – Performance & Compensation

▪ Performance management is a corporate

management tool that helps managers to monitor
and evaluate employees' work.
▪ Performance management methods/tools

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HRM Functions & Activities – Training & Development

3. Employee Training and Development

▪ Training and development refers to educational
activities within a company created to enhance the
knowledge and skills of employees while
providing information and instruction on how to
better perform specific tasks.

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HRM Functions and Activities - Training & Development

▪ Career planning is the

process by which one
selects career goals and
the path to these goals.
Employee
capabilities
Opportunities
in the
organization

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HRM Functions & Activities – Training & Development

▪ Organizational development is a planned effort,

managed by leadership and supported by
employees, to
increase organization’s effectiveness through
planned change in processes and systems.

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HRM Functions & Activities – Motivation & Maintenance

4. Motivation and Maintenance

▪ Motivation is the internal and external
factors that stimulate desire and energy
in people to be continually interested
and committed to a job, role or subject,
or to make an effort to attain a goal
▪ Example

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HRM Functions & Activities – Motivation & Maintenance

▪ Health & Safety is an area concerned with

protecting the safety, health and welfare of
people engaged in work or employment.
▪ Employee retention, a set of actions designed to
keep good employees once they have been hired.
▪ Example

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HRM Functions & Activities – Employee Relations

5. Employee Relations
Employee relations refer to an organization’s efforts
to create and maintain a positive relationship with its
employees.

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HRM Functions & Activities – Employee Relations
▪ A grievance is any dissatisfaction or
feeling of injustice having connection
with one's employment situation which is
brought to the attention of management.
▪ A grievance is any dissatisfaction that
adversely affects organizational relations
and productivity.
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HRM Functions & Activities – Employee Relations

▪ Dispute Management - An industrial dispute may

be defined as a conflict or difference of opinion
between management and workers on the terms of
employment
▪ Reasons?

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Upcoming Lesson

▪ The ‘Best Fit’ approach vs

‘Best Practice’
▪ The hard and soft models of
HRM
▪ Workforce planning

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Thanks!
Any questions?
You can find me at:
▪ kashaf.hnd@westminster.edu.p
k

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