INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
LECTURE 1

Kazim Salman
Contents

 What is Human Resource

 Concepts related to HR and Organization

 The management process

 Human Resource Management

 The staffing function

What is Human Resource?

 Conceptualizing HUMAN RESOURCE

 The personnel of a business or organization, regarded as a significant asset in

terms of skills and abilities (Oxford Dictionary)

 Human resources is the set of the people who make up the workforce of an
organization, business sector, industry, or economy
Related concepts

 Organization

 An organization consists of people (in this case, people like Elance’s own in-
house sales managers and Web designers) with formally assigned roles who
work together to achieve the organization’s goals.

 Manager

 A manager is someone who is responsible for accomplishing the

organization’s goals, and who does so by managing the efforts of the
organization’s people.
Management process

 Consists of five basic functions Planning

 Planning

 Organizing
Controlling Organizing

 Staffing

 Leading

 Controlling
Leading Staffing
Management process (Cont…)

 Planning

 Establishing goals and standards; developing rules and procedures;

developing plans and forecasts

 Organizing

 Giving each subordinate a specific task; establishing departments; delegating

authority to subordinates; establishing channels of authority and
communication; coordinating the work of subordinates
Management process (Cont…)
 Staffing
 Determining what type of people should be hired; recruiting prospective
employees; selecting employees; setting performance standards; compensating
employees; evaluating performance; counseling employees; training and
developing employees

 Leading
 Getting others to get the job done; maintaining morale; motivating subordinates

 Controlling
 Setting standards such as sales quotas, quality standards, or production levels;
checking to see how actual performance compares with these standards; taking
corrective action as needed
Human Resource Management

 The process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees, and of

attending to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns (Gary Dassler)

 It is the process of management of workers and work (Peter F. Drucker)

 The activity of managing a company’s employees, for example, by employing new

workers, training them, managing their employment records, and helping them with
problems (Cambridge Dictionary)
 HRM (Cont…)

 Line Management

 Human resource managers are usually staff managers. They assist and advise
line managers in areas like recruiting, hiring, and compensation.
 Staff Management

 Generally run departments that are advisory or supportive, like purchasing

and human resource management.
 Authority
 The right to make decisions, direct others’ work, and give orders.
Staffing function
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