WH College – E-MBA

HRM
Preliminary discussion
 A Quick Quiz on HR
1. Can you legally fire someone for their astrological
symbol?
2. When hiring employees, is it better to hire people who
you judge to be hard working, organized, and
dedicated during a traditional interview, or is an IQ test
a better way to pick people?
3. Is it better to hire people based on the fit of their
values with the company’s values, or is an IQ test
better?
1. True or false--Asking applicants about stealing or
other negative behavior at work during an interview
doesn’t help you find better employees,
2. True or false--If employees participate in decision
making they will be more motivated than if top
management sets performance goals?
3. True or false—Managers may think their employees
are really concerned about compensation, but when
it comes down to it, money doesn’t really matter
that much to most people.
 A Basic Mental Map for HR
What HR Do You Need to Make a Company Work?

• Tell me a few things that are typically the

responsibility of the HR department
• Consider how HR would be involved in the following
corporate actions:
– Plans to change strategic focus from being a cost leader to a
quality leader
– Plans to expand into a new market
– Preparing to implement a new software or hardware
computer system
 A Basic Mental Map for HR
What HR Do You Need to Make a Company Work?
Develop an Overarching Strategy
•What does the company do, with whom are they competing, what makes this company unique?

Acquire Staff Train and Develop

•Who makes a good •Can we help new hires feel like
employee? part of the company?
•How do we get these •How do we teach employees
people to apply? the skills they need?
•How are people screened? •How do we encourage civility?
•How are people selected? •How do we measure
performance?
 Compensation and Performance
Benefits management
•How can we match •What are the things
our pay offers to the that motivate
market? employees at work?
•How do we pay •What prevents
people who are employees from
working in different performing
job levels? effectively?
•What types of non- •Are there incentives
cash benefits can we that we should be
offer to employees? offering?
 In today’s organization –
• We want good people for the job
• We want to avoid high turnover
• We want employees doing their best
• We do not want to face the court
• We want our department as the effective one
• We do not want to be unfair to the employees
• We want to motivate the juniors
HR is every managers
responsibilities