Human Resource Management

1. Human Resource Management Human Resource Management

2. Human Resource Management • Activities necessary for staffing the organization and sustaining high employee performance • The strategic and operational management of activities to enhance the performance of the human resources in the organization • Those activities necessary to supply the organization with the appropriate number and combination of people who can and will perform the tasks necessary to accomplish organization goals Human Resource Management

3. Why Does HR Matter? • Source of competitive advantage • Managing people for competitive advantage • Employment security • Selective hiring • Self-managed teams, decentralized decision-making • Relatively high compensation -- contingent on performance • Extensive training • Reduced status differentials • Information sharing Human Resource Management

4. HR Functions • Planning and Job Analysis • Legal and EEO • Staffing • Training and Development • Compensation and Benefits • Employee and Labor Relations Human Resource Management

5. Legal Considerations • Staffing • Various EEO (next slide…) • Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986) • Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (1988) • Compensation and Benefits • Social Security Act (1935) • Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) • ERISA (1974) • COBRA (1984) • Family and Medical Leave Act (1993) • Safety • OSHA (1974) • Labor Relations (later…) Human Resource Management

6. EEO: Laws • Equal Pay Act (1963) • Civil Rights Act (1964), Title VII • Age Discrimination Employment Act (1967) • Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act (1974) • Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978) • ADA (1990) • Civil Rights Act (1991) Human Resource Management

7. Staffing • Strategic issues • Hire vs. train • The best vs. good enough • Recruitment • Difficult today…..or always difficult • Recruit the the people you’d like to hire • Selection • The interview • Tests • Downsizing Human Resource Management

8. Training and Development • Training vs. development • Training = skills • Development = long-term • Training and technology • Technology change makes training even more critical • Technology not the answer to training issues • Choosing a training method • Match method and content • Practical considerations Human Resource Management

9. Compensation • The problems • A limited pie to cut up • Need to balance recruitment / retention and profits • Solving the problem • External equity • Internal equity • Rewarding above and beyond expectations Human Resource Management

10. Employee Relations Issues • Privacy concerns • Drug testing • Work monitoring • Email • Genetic testing • Grievances and complaints • Discipline Human Resource Management

11. Labor Relations • Labor laws • Wagner Act (1935) • Taft-Hartley Act (1947) • Landrum-Griffin Act (1959) • Various state right-to-work laws • A specialist area • Who gets organized ? Human Resource Management

12. Union Membership in the Year 2004 Human Resource Management

13. Union Members - Where Employed Human Resource Management