HRM in Action

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HRM in Action A Strategic Application of Human
Resource PracticesCourse Overview

• Jerry Estenson

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Main Tasks of HRM

• Right results Through people
• Right people for the right jobs
• Motivating these folks
• Measuring their productivity
• Develop their full potential

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Line versus Staff Authority

• Line Managers
• Carry the burden of the bottom line
• HRM
• Lightens the load from a people perspective
• Implied or borrowed authority
• Functional control (speaks for management)
• Employee advocate (conscious of the organization)

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Role of Line Managers in HR functions

• See page 6 for the list of ten activities that
  are clearly HR in nature.
• Who do you need?
• Where do you find them?
• How do you get them into your organization?
• How do you create a productive environment?
• How do you keep the high performers?
• How do you eliminate low performers?

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Changing Environment

• More HR executives come from outside the field
  (25)
• Globalization
• Technology
• HR being tied to performance metrics
• HRM as the conscience of the organization

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Core Competencies

• Knowledge of Employment Law
• Soft Leadership Skills
• High ethical standards
• Technology skills (Human Resources Information
  Systems