HR Roles in Employee Management

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What activities related to payroll and employee benefits are now often outsourced?

Employee benefits (correct)

Employee hiring

Employee onboarding

Employee training

Which role does HR play more significantly now that payroll and employee benefits are outsourced?

Supportive role

Operational role

Administrative role

Strategic role (correct)

Which of the following is not a type of employee termination that HR is involved in?

Layoffs

Resignations

Performance-related dismissals

Promotions (correct)

HR is involved in performance-related dismissals. What is an example of this?

A worker is dismissed for consistently underperforming. Signup and view all the answers

Which HR activity is described that involves an employee leaving a company due to underperformance?

Performance-related dismissals Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the primary roles of HR professionals?

Handling quantitative, calculative, and strategic aspects of human resource management Signup and view all the answers

Which function involves listening to and responding to employees?

Listening and responding to employees to maintain high job satisfaction levels Signup and view all the answers

What does HR oversee at the macro level?

Organizational leadership and culture Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of HRM is related to managing change within the organization?

Managing transformation and change Signup and view all the answers

What is an important consideration for HR regarding legal compliance?

Ensuring compliance with employment and labor laws that differ by geography Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern of human resource management (HRM)?

Focusing on people management within organizations Signup and view all the answers

Which fields contribute to the practices of HRM?

Psychology, sociology, and anthropology Signup and view all the answers

What is regarded as the most important single asset of an organization in HRM?

People Signup and view all the answers

How does HRM aim to achieve business objectives?

Through the use of people, processes, and technology Signup and view all the answers

What is one key role of HRM in relation to people?

Enhancing organizational performance in its relationship with them Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect does HRM primarily focus on?

Internal parts of the organization Signup and view all the answers

What is the mission of human resource management?

To coordinate people within an organization to achieve its goals Signup and view all the answers

From both perspectives does the learning objective of human resource management need to be demonstrated?

broader organizational and individual Signup and view all the answers

How does human resource management view people within an organization?

As organizational assets and internal customers Signup and view all the answers

What does human resource management aim to create for employees?

Job satisfaction and employee efficiency and effectiveness Signup and view all the answers

In human resource management, employees are considered what?

Organizational assets and internal customers Signup and view all the answers

What role does HR typically play in collective bargaining agreements?

Serving as the primary liaison with the employees' representatives Signup and view all the answers

How do HR professionals engage with governmental agencies?

Through industry representatives Signup and view all the answers

What is HR's mission at the individual employee level?

To manage the employee experience during the employment life cycle Signup and view all the answers

What are the first two tasks of HR in managing employees?

Attracting the right employees and selecting the best employees through recruitment Signup and view all the answers

How does HR assess talent?

Through the use of performance appraisals Signup and view all the answers

What activities might HR administer besides managing employee experience?

Administering payroll and employee benefits Signup and view all the answers

What does HRM regard as an organization's most important asset?

Human capital Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the roles of the HR department in an organization?

Communicating with employees and adapting the organization's culture Signup and view all the answers

Which process is HR responsible for facilitating in an organization?

Conducting performance reviews Signup and view all the answers

Which term is defined as 'any component, model, process, or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused'?

Asset Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'human capital' include?

Competencies, knowledge, and social and personality attributes Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management (HRM) is a function in organizations designed to maximize employee performance and achieve specific business objectives.
HRM focuses on policies and systems, and is concerned with how people are managed within organizations.
It coordinates people to fulfill staffing needs, maintain employee satisfaction, and achieve business objectives.

HRM Objectives

HRM regards people as the most important single asset of the organization.
It concentrates on internal sources of competitive advantage.
It seeks to enhance organizational performance in its relationship with employees.

HR Roles

HR professionals manage the quantitative, calculative, and strategic aspects of human resource management.
They manage communication, motivation, and leadership between people in the organization.
They align human resources with business goals, re-engineer organization processes, and manage transformation and change.

General HRM Functions

Staffing (hiring and firing) and training
Listening and responding to employees to maintain high job satisfaction levels
Understanding and integrating labor laws and ethics

Organizational Level

HR oversees organizational leadership and culture.
It ensures compliance with employment and labor laws, which differ by geography.
It often oversees health, safety, and security.

Mission of Human Resource Management

The mission of HRM is to coordinate people within an organization to achieve the organization's goals.
HRM views people as organizational assets and internal customers, and works to create job satisfaction and employee efficiency and effectiveness.

Employee Level

HR's mission is to manage the employee experience during the employment life cycle.
It attracts, selects, and onboards new hires, and oversees their training and development.
It assesses talent through performance appraisals and rewards employees accordingly.
It may administer payroll and employee benefits.

HRM Concentration

HRM concentrates on internal sources of competitive advantage.
It regards people as an organization's most important asset.

HR Department

The department of human resources (HR) communicates with employees and adapts the organization's culture and structure to their needs.
HR leads the employment life cycle, from attracting and hiring the right employees to facilitating performance reviews and eventually processing terminations.

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This quiz covers the roles of Human Resources in employee management, including payroll, employee benefits, and terminations.