Week 1

Framework of HRM: Concept and Philosophy

What are the various assets/ resources of an
organization?
HRM is a critical function for all business activities

Finance

R& D Procurement

Supply Audit
chain HRM

Sales/
marketing Administration

Production
/ services
Can you name some of the management/HR theories?
 Management theories and influences on HRM

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1 2 3 4 5
The Classical School Total Quality Management

04
02
Contingency Theory
The Behavioral School

03
Systems theory
 Stages in the development of HR

Stage 1:
Administration
(1900-1940s) 01
Stage 2:
Welfare and Administration
Upcoming trends
05 02 (1940s- 1970s

Stage 3: HRM & SHRM

Stage 4: HRM in new 04 03 1970s- 1990s
millennium
Human Resource Management: Concepts and Models
4 most popular models of HRM

The fomburn The Harvard

model Model

The Guest The Warwick

Model Model
The Fomburn Model of HRM
The Harvard Model of HRM
The Guest Model of
HRM
The Warwick Model of HRM
 HRM versus Personnel Management

HUMAN RESOURCE
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT

• Focused on Effective • Focused onIndividual

utilization of workforce functions/ activities
• Managerilist • Administrative
• Physizal, creative, • Manual and physical
intellectual skills skills
• What HR delivers? • What HR does?
Soft versus Hard HR
 HRM : Roles, Functions & Strategies

Strategic

Functional

Operation
al
HR and ethics- Is there any relevance?
 HRM Professional’s Code of Conducts

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1 2 3 4 5
Integrity Confidentiality

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02
Professional loyalty
Legality

03
Proficiency
 Argue the case for and against
Human resource manager as an employee champion
 Argue the case for and against
Human resource specialist as a strategic management
partner
 Argue the case for and against
Human resource specialist as a change agent.