INTRODUCTION OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

What is human resource management (HRM)

In the current global context human resource management plays a big role on organizations. Human resource management defined by many researchers, it is changing time to time. Development of new business and changing technological environment may challenge for human resource management. Definition for HRM has changed time to time in according to new findings of technology. Human resource management is about the people in the organization and how to use the employees in order to achieve the organizations goals and objectives. It’s explained overall purpose of the HRM is to ensure that the organization able to achieve success through people (Armstrong, 2009).

Definitions for HRM 

HRM is concerned with how organizations manage their workforce (Grimshaw and Rubery , 2007)

‘An approach to the development and implementation of HR strategies that are integrated with business strategies and support their Achievement’ (Armstrong and Taylor, 2014)

HRM cover the following activities ,human capital management, cooperate social responsibility, organization development, resourcing performance management, learning and development ,reward management ,employee relations, employee well-being and health and safety and the provision of employee services(Armstrong, 2009).

Strategic human resource management describe as developing and applying HR strategies combined with business strategies and support to achievement of organization goals (Armstrong and Taylor, 2014).It has pointed out that ‘business objectives are accomplished when human resource practices, procedures and systems are developed and implemented based on organizational needs, that is,when a strategic perspective to human resource management is adopted(Baird and Meshoulam ,1988)      

    

Trends of HR management

What HR managers did things in yesterday and what is going to do in tomorrow will change due to the new trends of HR management. Dessler (2013) listed the trends and explained

 new technology, globalization, deregulation, changes in demographics, nature of work and economic challenges.

Dessler(2013)explained what are the things HR management  want to do survive with the new trends.

Company must more competitive, faster and more responsive, choose more cost effective ways, organized around empowered team, more fiscally conservative.

Reference

Armstrong, M and Taylor, S (2014) A Hand Book of Human resource Management Practice, Kogan Page, 13^th ed., UK.

Armstrong, M (2009). ‘Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice’. 11^th Edi. Kogan page, UK.

Baird, L and Meshoulam(1988)Managing two fits of strategic human resource management.

Gray Dessler(2013)Human resource management .13^th Ed.Person Education.

Grimshaw, D and Rubery, J (2007) Economics and HRM, in (eds) P Boxall, J Purcell and P Wright, Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management, Oxford University Press, Oxford