1. Prewitt MANA3320

3.  Staffing and Selection  Talent Management  Employee Development  Strategic Partner  Employee Initiatives  Motivation/Efficiency  Competitive Advantage

5.  The most pressing competitive issues facing firms: ◦ Competing, recruiting, and staffing globally ◦ Embracing new technology ◦ Managing change ◦ Managing talent, or human capital ◦ Responding to the market ◦ Containing costs © 2010 South-Western, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 1– 5

6.  Competing with a global market  Limited talent in the US ◦ “graduates in science, technology, engineering and math have flattened to roughly 225,000, well short of the estimated 400,000 needed by 2015” 1  Staffing employees in foreign sites  Having programs that attract and retain key talent  Workforce Planning 1 Fox, A. (2010).

8.  Changes the way you can do business ◦ Remote Locations ◦ Flexible Work Schedules ◦ Communication ◦ Training ◦ Performance Management  Transfer from touch to knowledge workers ◦ Know the employees’ tech ability

9.  HRIS ◦ Recruiting  Job boards  Interviews  Filtering Applicants ◦ Benefits ◦ Payroll  Job boards  Interviews  Filtering Applicants  Consider the cost savings! ◦ Efficiency ◦ Supplies