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WHERE WE ARE NOW…
The main purpose of this chapter is to help you apply what you know about human resource management to running a small business. The main topics we’ll address include the small business challenge; using Internet and government tools to support the HR effort; leveraging small size with familiarity, flexibility, fairness, and informality; using professional employer organizations; and managing HR systems, procedures, and paperwork.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
Explain why human resource management in small companies is different from that in larger companies.
Give at least five specific examples of how you would use the Internet and government tools to support the HR effort in a small business.
Answer the question, “Why are familiarity, flexibility, and informality important tools that entrepreneurs can use to improve human resource management practices in their small businesses?”
Explain what professional employers’ organizations are and how entrepreneurs can use them.
Describe how HR systems traditionally evolve in a small business and give examples of how small businesses can use human resource management information systems.
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4. The Small Business Challenge
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The Small Business Challenge
Why Entrepreneurship Is Important
Over one-half of the U.S. labor force works for small firms.
Over 600,000 small businesses are created annually.
Three-fourths of employment growth comes from small firms.
Why Is HRM Important to Small Businesses?
Growth of any small business depends on effective HR activities.
Getting and keeping large customers requires compliance with international quality (HR) standards.
Anyone interested in small businesses (or human resource management) needs to understand how managing human resources in small firms is different from doing so in larger firms.
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Size of HR staff
Priority of HR issues
Informality of HR practices
How Small Business Human Resource Management Is Different
Entrepreneur’s effect on HRM
Managing human resources in small firms is different for four main reasons: size, priorities, informality, and the nature of the entrepreneur.
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6. The Entrepreneur’s Risky Human Resource Management Situation
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The Entrepreneur’s Risky Human Resource Management Situation
Underdeveloped HRM creates competitive disadvantage
Lack of specialized HR expertise
Compliance with compensation regulations and laws
Lack of HRIS systems creates inefficiencies and data entry errors
Increased potential for workplace litigation not addressed
HR Risks in Small Businesses
The lack of attention of HRM matters and lack of expertise means that entrepreneurs face at least five HR-type risks in managing a small business.
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7. Why HRM Is Important to Small Businesses
Human Resources Management 12e Gary Dessler
Why HRM Is Important to Small Businesses
Effective HRM:
Is a competitive necessity for small firms.
Makes small firms more successful .
Helps small firms get and keep large customers.
Is necessary to meet ISO-9000 requirements for competing internationally.
Smart entrepreneurs take these risks to heart. Small firms need all the advantages they can get, and for them effective human resource management is both a competitive necessity and a requirement for competing in global markets.
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8. Using Internet and Government Tools To Support The HR Effort
Human Resources Management 12e Gary Dessler
Using Internet and Government Tools To Support The HR Effort
Complying with Employment Laws: DOL: EEOC: wwww.EEOC.gov/employers/smallbusinesses.html OSHA:
Employment Planning and Recruiting:
DOL:
Employment Selection
Wonderlic:
Employment Training
AMA: SHRM: SBA: NAM: wwwnamvu.com
Entrepreneurs can use the Internet sites and government tools listed in this slide to support the HR effort in a small business.
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FIGURE 18–1 FirstStep Employment Law Advisor
Figure 18-1 shows the U.S. Department of Labor’s “FirstStep Employment Law Advisor,” which helps small employers determine which laws apply to their business.
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FIGURE 18–2 Sample DOL elaws Advisors
The Coverage and Employment Status Advisor helps identify which workers are employees covered by the FLSA.
The Hours Worked Advisor provides information to help determine which hours spent in work-related activities are considered FLSA “hours worked” and, therefore, must be paid.
The Overtime Security Advisor helps determine which employees are exempt from the FLSA minimum wage and overtime pay requirements under the Part 541 overtime regulations.
The Overtime Calculator Advisor computes the amount of overtime pay due in a sample pay period based on information from the user.
The Child Labor Rules Advisor answers questions about the FLSA’s youth employment provisions, including at what age young people can work and the jobs they can perform.
The Section 14(c) Advisor helps users understand the special minimum wage requirements for workers with disabilities.
FIGURE 18-2 presents a sampling of the DOL elaws Advisors Web tools available to entrepreneurs.
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FIGURE 18–3 OSHA Web Site
Figure 18-3 shows OSHA’s Web site which provides, among other things, easy access to the OSHA Small Business Handbook, which contains practical information for small business owners, including industry-specific safety and accident checklists.
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FIGURE 18–4 Wonderlic Personnel Test: Part of a Sample Report
FIGURE 18-4 shows partial results of a sample report of the Wonderlic Personnel Test.
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Employment Training
Private vendors
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Training Resources for Small Businesses
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
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FIGURE 18–5 Part of Small Business Administration’s Virtual Campus for Small Business Training
Figure 18-5 shows the federal government’s Small Business Administration ( virtual campus that offers online courses, workshops, publications, and learning tools aimed toward supporting entrepreneurs.
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Having flexibility in providing work-life benefits and rewards
Using simple, informal employee selection procedures
Treating nonfamily employees fairly and equitably
Maintaining effective communications with employees
Providing flexibility in employee training procedures
Leveraging the Small Firm Size Advantage
Small businesses need to capitalize on their strengths, so in dealing with employees they should capitalize on their smallness. Smallness should translate into personal familiarity with each employee’s strengths, needs, and family situation. And it should translate into the luxury of being able to be relatively flexible and informal in the human resource management policies and practices the company follows. Smaller businesses often need to adapt quickly to environmental realities like competitive challenges. This means that entrepreneurs tend to conduct matters on an informal, reactive basis with a short time horizon.
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16. Building Communication
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Building Communication
Online reporting
Newsletters
Online information
Building Effective Communications in Small Businesses
The Huddle
Effective communications are important for any manager, but especially for those managing small businesses. In a small restaurant or retail shop, one or two disgruntled employees can destroy the business’ quality service. Yet small business owners generally don’t have the means to implement expensive communications programs. That’s why simple programs like these are important.
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17. Using Professional Employer Organizations (PEO)
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Using Professional Employer Organizations (PEO)
Dedicated HR support
Group benefits
Paperwork reduction
Reasons for Employers To Use a PEO
Decreased liability
Higher performance
Employers turn to PEOs for the reasons listed in this slide.
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18. Guidelines for Finding and Working with PEOs
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Guidelines for Finding and Working with PEOs
Conduct a needs analysis.
Review the services of all PEO firms you’re considering.
Determine if the PEO is accredited.
Check the provider’s bank, credit, and professional references.
Understand how the employee benefits are funded.
See if the provider contract assumes the employment law compliance liabilities in the applicable states.
Review the service agreement carefully.
Investigate how long the PEO has been in business.
Check out the prospective PEO’s staff.
Ask how will the firm deliver its services.
Ask about upfront fees and how these are determined.
Periodically get proof that payroll taxes and insurance premiums are being paid properly and that any legal issues are handled correctly.
Small business managers need to choose and manage the PEO relationship carefully. Suggestions for doing so are listed in this slide.
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19. Managing HR Systems, Procedures, And Paperwork
Human Resources Management 12e Gary Dessler
Managing HR Systems, Procedures, And Paperwork
Employee records are compiled on forms from office supply companies and maintained in physical files
Manual HRM system
One or more packaged systems for automating individual HR tasks, such as applicant tracking and performance appraisal
Computerized HRM system
Interrelated components collect, process, store, and disseminate information to support decision making, coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of an organization’s HRM activities
Human Resource Management Information System (HRIS)
As the small business grows, it becomes increasingly unwieldy and uncompetitive to rely on manual HR systems. Most small- to medium-sized firms begin computerizing individual human resource management tasks. As companies continue to grow, they turn to integrated human resource information systems (HRIS).
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TABLE 18–1 Some Important Employment Forms
New Employee Forms
Current Employee Forms
Employee Separation Forms
Application
New Employee Checklist
Employment Interview
Reference Check
Telephone Reference Report
Employee Manual Acknowledgement
Employment Agreement
Employee Application Disclaimer
Probationary Evaluation
Employee Status Change Request
Employee Record
Performance Evaluation
Warning Notice
Vacation Request
Probation Notice
Job Description
Direct Deposit Acknowledgement
Absence Report
Disciplinary Notice
Employee Secrecy Agreement
Grievance Form
Expense Report
401(k) Choices Acknowledgement
Injury Report
Retirement Checklist Termination Checklist COBRA Acknowledgement Unemployment Claim Employee Exit Interview
Table 18-1 lists some the many forms you could conceivably need even for a small business.
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21. Human Resource Management Information Systems (HRIS)
Human Resources Management 12e Gary Dessler
Human Resource Management Information Systems (HRIS)
Levels of Information Systems
Transaction processing systems
Management information systems (MIS)
Executive support systems
Benefits of HRIS
Improved transaction processing
Online self-processing
Improved reporting capability
HR systems integration
HR intranets
Companies need information systems to get their work done. The term information system refers to the interrelated people, data, technology, and organizational procedures a company uses to collect, process, store, and disseminate information. Of course, as the company grows, it makes sense to computerize its information systems.
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