1. Special Topics in HRM Overview of HRM
Jerry Estenson

2. Main Tasks of HRM Right results – Through people
Right people for the right jobs
Motivating these folks
Measuring their productivity
Develop their full potential

3. Missing Focus for HR Improving productivity Increasing quality
Facilitating mergers and acquisitions
Managing knowledge
Improving organizations ability to bring new product/services to market

4. Line versus Staff Authority
Line Managers
Carry the burden of the bottom line
HRM
Lightens the load from a people perspective
Implied or borrowed authority
Functional control (speaks for management)
Employee advocate (conscious of the organization)

5. Role of Line Managers in HR functions
See page 6 for the list of ten activities that are clearly HR in nature.

6. Changing Environment
More HR executives come from outside the field (25%)
Globalization
Technology (IT will play an important role. Moving traditional HR functions to the Intranet)
HR being tied to performance metrics

7. Core Competencies Knowledge of Employment Law Soft Leadership Skills
High ethical standards
Technology skills (Human Resources Information Systems