Introduction to Outline

Human Resource Management (HRM)

• What is an organization?

• What is Management?

• What is Human Resource Management?

• Generic Purpose of HRM

• Strategic Goals of HRM and Objectives of HRM

• Functions of HRM
Tharindu Dananjaya Weerasinghe
Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Resource Management • Responsibility of HRM
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
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Organization Organization
An organization means an economic and social The basic building block of any organization is its
entity composed of a group of people who people, as an organization is defined as a collection

interact with each other for the purpose of of people. Organization may be either profit

achieving a common goal. oriented or non-profit oriented. It may belongs to

public sector or private sector

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Organizational goals Human Resources

Human Resources are employees who work for
Goals refer to desired targets to be achieved in
the Organization being concerned. It is not an
future. The basic goal of any organization should
overstatement that HR is the most significant
ideally be to serve the human society. In order to
achieve the mentioned basic goal, the organization resource compared with other resources such

establishes specific goals. as financial resource, physical resources….

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 Human Resources…..Discuss
1. If customer is the king……. then; • It is animate, active and alive

Employee…..? • It has the ability to think, feel and react

2. If customer is the god……. then; • Its value appreciate with the passage of time

Employee…..? • It has the ability to influence on determining

their wages and salaries

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Human behavior is complex and

unpredictable……?
• It has the ability to organize as unions

• Behavior is complex and unpredictable

• Creativity and innovative power

• Human resource make decisions about all other

resources

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What is Management?
Discuss
• Getting things done through others (Employees)

• Management is the process of planning, organizing,

leading and controlling of human, physical, monetary
and information resources in order to achieve
organizational targets (goals & objectives) effectively
“Other resources make things possible, but
and efficiently.
only human resource make things happen”

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 Handling People Tactfully What is Human Resource
Management?

MANAGE – MEN –T HRM is the efficient and effective utilization of

Human Resources to achieve goals of an
organization.

Tactfully

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What is Human Resource What is Human Resource

Management? Management?
1. HRM is not a mere administrative function…..?
Human Resource Management is more about
2. It is not administration…..?
3. It is not about administrating people at work…..?
Management and Administration…….

4. It is not just a load of paper works…….?

5. It is not just handling time & attendance, payroll and
annual training planner and PE……?
6. HRM is more about Management and
Administration…….
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Efficient utilization of HR Effective utilization of HR

Optimum us of employee by eradicating or Use of HR for organizational effectiveness, which

minimizing wastage. It means utilizing the is the extent to which organizational goals have

right employee in the right number at the been realized. It involves utilization of employees

right cost. to accomplish goals of the organization.

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 Generic Purpose of HRM
Appropriate
The Generic Purpose of HRM is to generate and in quantity
retain an appropriate and contented human / Appropriate
employee force, which gives the maximum Appropriate
HR
in quality
individual contribution to Organizational Well
success. Satisfied

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Strategic goals of HRM To improve employee productivity

Employee productivity means the ratio between

• To improve Employee Productivity
• Employee Development
• To increase Quality of Work Life (QWL)
• To ensure Legal Compliance
employee inputs and outputs. Employee productivity
improvement must be achieved for the progress of
success. Thus, productivity improvement means doing
better tomorrow than today.

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Employee Development To increase quality of work life

Employee development refers as the provision of
opportunities as many as possible to accomplish
employees’ personal objectives, improvement of
their career development through the
development of knowledge, skills and attitudes
This is intended that the degree of employees’
participation or involvement in making
employment decisions is increased. Specially
regarding the decisions which affect them.

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 To ensure legal compliance Objectives of HRM

• To produce right people, at the right time to do the

HRM in an organization must be performed in
right job
compliance with in order to achieve legitimate
• To retrain the more appropriate employees with
provisions imposed by labor laws.
the organization

• To control employee cost

• To motivate employees

• To get and improve employee commitment

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Functions of HRM Functions of HRM

• Job Design • Pay Management
• Job Analysis • Training and Development
• Human Power Planning • Employee Movements
• Recruitment • Welfare Administration
• Selection • Safety and Health Administration
• Hiring • Discipline Administration
• Induction • Grievance Handling
• Performance Evaluation • Labor Relations
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Relationship among HR functions Relationship among HR functions

HRM functions are interrelated. For example, pay
management can be done successfully by doing
job analysis successfully. Performance evaluation
gives inputs to perform the function of training
and development.
Some HRM functions are interdependent. Success
of a one function has a direct impact determining
the success of another function.

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 Organizational Goals and Objectives
Significance of HRM

Generic Purpose of HRM • Human resources are the most important resource
that managers use to achieve organizational goals
Strategic Goals of HRM and objectives

• Quality of other functional fields of management

heavily depends on the quality of HRM
Objectives of HRM
• HRM is the responsibility of every manager

Functions of HRM
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Responsibility of HRM

The responsibility of HRM functions rests with

every manager in the organization. Every manager
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has subordinates to be managed. Thus, HRM is a
responsibility of all those who manage people.

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