HRM chapter 1 lessson

What are the different HR practices ?

Job Analysis, Job Design, Workforce planning, Recruitment, Selection, Training, Learning and Development, Performance Management, Total Rewards, Employee and Labour relations.

Explain how HR can contribute to organization performance and result.

HR practices > AMO model for employees > employee bahavior and outcomes > organizational performance

Explain the Resource-based view theory.

A resource can have a sustainable competitive advantage if 4 criteria are met (valuable, rare, hard to imitate and hard to susbsitute)

How can employee engagement be improved by HRM ?

It can be improved through supportive leadership, recognition, training and development opportunities and employee participation.

What makes HR department a strategic partner ?

HR acts as a strategic partner when it works with senior leaders to shape and implement business strategy through people’s decisions.

This requires understanding of the industry, competitors, future skills requirement and how HR policies may provide a competitive advantage.

What did Caryat and Boxall found when it comes to HR being a strategic partner ?

Having a strategic role is widespread but uneven as it depends on skills , credibility and organizational support.

What are the 3 roles of HR Departement ?

Strategic partner, business partner and adminsitrative foundation

What are the 3 types of responsabilties of HR ?

strategic, advisory and adminsitrative

What are the 10 responsabilities of HR ?

Training, Learning and Development, Workforce Planning, Recruiting and Selecting, Strategy, Performance Management, Total Rewards, Legal Compliance, Employee and Labour Relations, HR polices and HR data and info systems.

What are the 7 roles of managers and supervisors in HRM ?

1. Provide safe and motivational environment

2. Communicate policies and com^ply with legal requirements

3. Recommend pay increases and promotions

4. Set goals, provide feedback, and appraise performance

5. Interview and select candidates

6. Train, coach and develop employees

7. Forecast HR needs

What are the strategic challenges faced by HRM ?

1. Envrironmental, social and corporate governance (ESG)

2. Productivity improvement

3. Mergers and acquisitions

4. Non-traditional employement and the gig economy

5. Expending into global markets

Which practices help adressing strategic challenges ?

• Evidence-based HRM

• Organizational agility and change management

• Outsourcing

• Redistributing operational HR tasks to line managers or specialized providers

• High performance work systems

• Talent Management

Give some HR competencies ?

• Communication

• Change managament

• Analytical skills and reasoning

• Ethical Judgement

• Business Knowledge

• Relationship Manangement

To who HR professionals have duties ? based on CPHR code of ethics ?

• Public

• Client and Employer

• Profession

• Individuals

How is the labour force changing ?

It is changing through:

• Diversity

• Population aging

• Multi generations working together

• Better knowledge and skills

• Higher education

How can HR adapt to the labour force changing ?

Through :

• Flexible work design

• Inclusive hiring

• Reskilling

• Better succesion planning

According to 2021 Statistics Canada Census of Population who was representing the largest share of working age population in Canada ?

Millennials

What changes bring technology in HRM ?

It helps automate repetitive tasks, save time, reduce errors and improve efficiency.

However it doesnt replace human judgment.

How is AI used in HR ?

It can be used in :

• Recruitment and hiring

• Workforce planning

• HR chatbots and virtual assistants

• Learning and Developement

• Talent management