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Human resource management includes deciding the number and types of employees needed for the business.
True
Recruiting, selecting, developing, motivating, evaluating, compensating, and scheduling employees are all part of human resource management.
True
Human resource management focuses solely on achieving individual employee goals.
False
True or false: Human resource management has grown due to the shift from traditional manufacturing industries to service and high-tech manufacturing industries requiring workers to have highly technical job skills?
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True or false: Recruiting is relatively easy today because qualified labor is so plentiful?
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True or false: Today, human resource management is viewed as a clerical function of keeping personnel records and processing payroll?
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True or false: The human resource function has become so critical that it is now a concern of all managers?
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True or false: The human resource manager's job is easier today than it was in the past because a growing percentage of the workforce is highly educated?
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Human Resource Management
- Deciding the number and types of employees needed for the business
- Includes recruiting, selecting, developing, motivating, evaluating, compensating, and scheduling employees
Evolution of Human Resource Management
- Has grown due to the shift from traditional manufacturing industries to service and high-tech manufacturing industries requiring workers to have highly technical job skills
Recruiting and Labor Market
- Recruiting is not relatively easy today because qualified labor is not plentiful
- Human resource management focuses on finding and developing skilled workers due to the shift to service and high-tech manufacturing industries
Importance of Human Resource Management
- Is no longer viewed as a clerical function of keeping personnel records and processing payroll
- Is now a critical concern of all managers due to the growing importance of human resource management
- Has become a critical function that requires strategic planning and decision-making
Challenges of Human Resource Management
- The human resource manager's job is not easier today than it was in the past
- The job has become more challenging due to the need to find and develop skilled workers in a competitive labor market
