HR Framework by Mahmood Qasim

Human Resource Management is the function within an organization that deals with issues related to people such as compensation, hiring, performance management, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, administration, and training.

Workforce Diversity Social Responsibility

Medical, Food, Housing

Global Competitive

Population-growth

Ethical

Unemployment

Unknown

Central Challenges:

BETTER ORGANIZATIONS

The purpose of human resource management is to improve the productive contribution of people to the organization in ways that are strategically, ethically, and socially responsible.

Objectives are benchmark against which actions are evaluated.

Organizational Objectives

Functional Objectives

Societal Objective Personal

Objective

Human Resource Activities are actions that are taken to provide and maintain an appropriate

workforce for the organization. Not every organization undertakes every activities. HR

departments simply focus on the activities that are most important for the organization .

Human Resource

Management Activities

Other Resources

Overall Organizational

Objectives

Societal Needs and

Challenges

Human

Resource Objectives

•Societal •Organizational •Functional •Personal

Purpose of Human

Resource Management

Human Resources

Other Resources

Human Resource activities are actions that are taken to provide and maintain an appropriate workforce for the organization

When organizations grow large

Human Resource Planning

With an eye towards future

needs

Recruitment

(pool of applicants)

With an eye towards future

needs

Selection (screen

applicants)

New employees are tuned to the

organization’s need

Orientation &

Training

As demand change

Placement, promote, demote , transfer

Subsequent HR planning reveal

new staffing need

Recruitment

& development

Performance is analyzed

Evaluation / appraisal

Compensation

Wages, salaries, benefits,

Employee relations Union – management relations

Societal Objective

Organizational Objective

Functional Objective

Personal Objective

i. Legal Compliance ii. Benefits iii. Union-management relations

i. Human Resource Planning

ii. Employee relations iii. Selection iv. Training &

Development v. Appraisal vi. Placement vii. Assessment

i. Appraisal ii. Placement iii. Assessment

i. Training & Development

ii. Appraisal iii. Placement iv. Compensation v. Assessment

Feedback among activities and objectives

Human resource activities, challenges to &

from the environment.

Feedback

Transformation Process Outputs Input

Challenges Human Resource Education Skills

Human Resource Management Activities Recruiting Selection Others

Human Resource Contribution Capable Workers Motivated Workers

PROACTIVE REACTIVE Human Resource Management

•Effective and efficient solutions are generally more likely to be found if managers and HR departments use proactive approaches. •It improves productivity by minimizing the resources needed to respond to changes in the environment or to produce the organization’s goods or services. •It is a major step in enhancing organizational productivity. •It occurs when HR problems. Are anticipated and corrective action begins before a problem arises.

•Mangers and HR departments cannot always wait for feedback and then respond. •Waiting until an actual problem occurs and then reacting may be inappropriate and costly. •Reactive Human Resource Management occurs when decision makers respond to HR problems.

1. Since HR department are typically seen as a cost of operations, explain how they contribute to an organization’s ability to confront the increased globalization of business now taking ;lace throughout the world.

2. Describe the purpose and primary objectives of an HR department. 3. Why is improved human productivity important to organizations? 4. Explain the relationship between societal needs and the activities of a human

resource department. 5. What benefits exist when the HR department is viewed with a systems

approach? 6. Why is proactive approach to human resource management more

emphasized? 7. If a Bank opened a branch in a distant city, what activities would the HR

department need to undertake before a fully operational and staffed branch was ready for business?