< The Dynamic Environment

< Governmental Legislations

< Labor Unions
< Management thought and Practice
< Who performs HRM activities
< Line and Staff aspects of HRM
< The Dynamic Environment:
hanging technology
Workforce diversity
hanging skill requirement
Decentralized work sites
< Governmental Legislations:
Laws supporting family leaves
Minimum wage legislations
Equal employment opportunity
Health and safety laws
< Labor Unions::
ertified third party representatives on behalf of
employees against the management of the organizations
they are working in.
Secure wages, resolve conflict between management
and workforce.
< Management thought and practice:
TQM (Total Quality Management).
MBO (Management by Objectives).
Empowerment.
< Who performs HRM activities:
Operating managers.
HR specialists(100-150 employees).
Human resource department (200-500 employees).
Outsourcing: contracting with an organization that is
specialized in recruiting and selecting applicants to the
vacant jobs within the organization.
Outsourcing is thought to be more flexible, cost
reducing and permit hiring of specialized experts.
< Line and Staff aspects of HRM
onflict between line and staff managers because of
different views and objectives
Line manager: in which individuals in management
positions have the formal power to direct and control
immediate subordinates. such as production, finance,
marketing managers.
$9aff au94ri9 - granted to staff specialists in their
areas of expertise. Narrower than line authority and
includes the right to advise, recommend, and counsel
in the staff specialists' area of expertise.
Example
A HR manager has ine au94ri9 over
the staff of the HR department and 89aff
au94ri9 to support , assist , and advise
mangers of 4ther Departments in matters
related to HR management
< Line managers are not familiar with legal
employment requirements so they delegate HR
mangers to deal with those issues.
< onflict is most pressing between line and staff
in issues as discipline termination, physical
working conditions, authority given to employees
in their jobs.
< ase study:
Read the case study at the end of lesson three in module
one now and we will discuss it.
A report should be written about it as an assignment and
sent back by next week with other assignments.