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Objectives

Identify four major current challenges in HR

management
List and define the seven major categories of HR
activities
Identify the three roles of HR management
Discuss HR management as a strategic business
contributor
Explain why HR professionals and operating
managers must work together
Discuss how ethics and professionalism affect HR
management
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HR Management Challenges

Economic and technological change

Workforce availability and quality
Demographics and diversity issues
Organizational restructuring

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HR Management is Composed of Several

Groups of Interlinked Activities

HR planning and analysis

Equal employment opportunity
Staffing
HR development
Compensation and benefits
Health, safety, and security
Employee and labor / management relations

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HR as a Strategic Business Contributor

Enhancing organizational performances

Planning
Redesigning
Financial accountability

Expanding human capital

Attracting/retaining staff
Training/development
Identifying/rewarding performance

Organizing the HR unit

Decentralizing
Outsourcing

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Ethics and Management

What is ethical behavior?

Extended consequences
Multiple alternatives
Mixed Outcomes
Personal effects

Responding to ethical situations

Applicable laws, regulations, and government codes
Organizational standards
Professional standards

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