Chapter 1 HRM

Test 1

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Human resources management (HRM)
Policies, practices, and systems that influence employee behavior, attitudes, and perofrmance.
Important hrm practices include
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Managers and economicts see HRM as traditionally seen HRM as a neccs expense, rather than a source of value to the org
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Human capital
Means the organization’s employees described in terms of their training, experience, judgment, intelligence, relationships and insight. (how to get along with each other, etc.)
The concept of HRM implies that employees are resources of the employer
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By influenceing who works for the org and how those individ work, HRM contirbutes to such basic measures of an org success as quality, profitiability and customer satisfaction
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In terms of bus strat, an org can succed if it has a sustainable competive advantage
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Human capital refers to...
Employee characteristics that add econ value to the org
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Diff people are motivated by ___ things
Different ex. of employee of the month ex. person washing windows.
Hr have these neccs qualities
Valuable, rare, cannot be imitated, no good sustitutes (give someone their birthday off).
High performance work system may include:
Development of training programs 2. recruitment of peeps with new skill sets 3. estb. of rewards for such behaviors as teamwork, felxibility, and learning.
An org in which tech, org structure, and processes all work together to give the org an advantage in the compet environment
-we want to make sure our human capital is the best
See slide 6 about resp of hr depts include
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On avg there is 1 hr staff eprson for every _____ employ
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