1. CHANGING NATURE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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CHANGING NATURE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

2. Objectives Identify four major current challenges in HR management
List and define the seven major categories of HR activities
Identify the three roles of HR management
Discuss HR management as a strategic business contributor
Explain why HR professionals and operating managers must work together
Discuss how ethics and professionalism affect HR management

3. HR Management Challenges
Economic and technological change
Workforce availability and quality
Demographics and diversity issues
Organizational restructuring

6. HR Management is Composed of Several Groups of Interlinked Activities
HR planning and analysis
Equal employment opportunity
Staffing
HR development
Compensation and benefits
Health, safety, and security
Employee and labor / management relations

7. HR as a Strategic Business Contributor
Enhancing organizational performances
Planning
Redesigning
Financial accountability
Expanding human capital
Attracting/retaining staff
Training/development
Identifying/rewarding performance
Organizing the HR unit
Decentralizing
Outsourcing

10. Ethics and Management What is ethical behavior?
Extended consequences
Multiple alternatives
Mixed Outcomes
Personal effects
Responding to ethical situations
Applicable laws, regulations, and government codes
Organizational standards
Professional standards