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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. February 22, 2010. Human Resource Management. Activities necessary for staffing the organization and sustaining high employee performance. HR Functions. Staffing HR Planning Recruitment Selection Performance Management Orientation and Training Appraisal
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT February 22, 2010
Human Resource Management • Activities necessary for staffing the organization and sustaining high employee performance.
HR Functions • Staffing • HR Planning • Recruitment • Selection • Performance Management • Orientation and Training • Appraisal • Compensation
HR Planning • Process by which management ensures it has the right personnel to complete the organization’s tasks. • Why? • How?
Steps in HR Planning • Collect Information • Job analysis • Description • Human resource inventory • Forecast HR demand • Business Demand • Productivity ratios • Adjust for changes • Forecast HR supply • Reconcile demand and supply
Legal Environment of Human Resource Management Labor Relations Wagner Act (1935)--NLRB Compensation & Benefits Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) federal minimum wage, hours, child labor Health and Safety OSHA (1970) Equal Employment Opportunity
Major EEO Laws • Title VII, CRA • ADEA (1967/1986) • ADA (1990) • Executive Order 11246
Title VII CRA (1991) Prohibits discrimination in any employment-related decision on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Equal Employment Opportunity Sexual harassment consists of unwanted sexual attention that creates an adverse work environment Quid pro quo – tangible economic injury Hostile environment – offensive work environment
Types of Discrimination • Disparate Treatment • Individuals are treated differently because of their membership in a protected class. • Disparate Impact • Equal application of an employment standard has an unequal effect. • 4/5th rule
Four-Fifths Rule • A practice has adverse impact if the hiring rate of a protected class is less than four-fifths of the hiring rate of the group with the highest rate.
To determine compliance: • Calculate majority group hiring rate • # majority hired/# majority applied • Calculate minority group hiring rate • #minority hired/#minority applied • Divide step 2 by step 1 • If < .80, then Disparate Impact
EEO Implications • Costs • Job-relatedness • Interview Carefully • Document Decisions
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Continued
Recruiting • Goal? • Issues • Who? (internal vs. external) • How? (methods) • What?
Advantages Disadvantages Internal (vs. External) Recruitment
Recruiting Methods • Referrals from current employees • Former employees • Customers • Internet/e-recruitment • Advertisement • Newspaper/Television • Trade or professional publications • Billboards • Employment Agencies • Executive Recruiting Firms • College Recruiting
Recruitment Realistic job preview gives a candidate a picture of both the positive and negative features of the job and the organization before he is hired People tend to quit less frequently and be more satisfied
Selection Selection process Initial screening of job applicants Background information, application forms, résumés, reference checks Evaluation of remaining candidates Interviews Employment Tests
Selection: Validity • Primary method of demonstrating job-relatedness • Represented by the correlation coefficient • Strength of the relationship between scores on the predictor and job performance • Symbolized as "r"; e.g., r=.30 • Higher numbers indicate stronger relationship
Selection Tool Validities PREDICTOR Amount of Education Job Tryout Biographical Inventory References Cognitive Ability Tests (IQ) GPA Interview
Selection Unstructured interview no fixed set of questions and no systematic scoring procedure
Selection Structured interview involves asking each applicant the same questions and comparing their responses to a standardized set of answers Situational – focuses on hypothetical situations Behavioral – explore what applicants have actually done in the past
Orientation, Training, & Development Orientation helping the newcomer fit smoothly into the job and the organization designed to give employees the information they need to be successful
Training & Development • Training: Teaching operational or technical employees how to do the job for which they were hired. • Development: Teaching employees the KSAs needed to do their job in the future.
Example: E-Learning Millions of people are taking short-term, practical courses related to their careers Advantages no transportation is needed You can follow a flexible schedule You can work at your own pace Drawbacks?
Appraisal Tools--***CHECK TEXT DESCRIPTION*** • Subjective appraisal of • Employees traits • Employee behaviors • BARS • Objective appraisal-(MBO) • based on results • harder to challenge legally • Forced ranking (Curve)
Common Rater Problems • Stereotyping • Central Tendency • Halo Effect • First Impression • Similar to Me • Dissimilar to Me • Contrast Effect
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Goal Setting Formal Feedback Session Coaching And feedback Rate and Evaluate
Managing Promotions, Transfers, Disciplining, & Dismissals Promotion moving upward Transfer moving sideways Disciplining & Demotion moving downward Dismissal moving out of the organization
Concerns • Nondiscrimination • Legality • Procedural Fairness • Decision Rule, Consistency, Explanations • Interpersonal Fairness • Communication, respect, notice • Others’ resentments