Question 5: Human
Resource Management
Note that all HR students are required to answer this
question.
Instructions: Managing people is a key factor for all
managers. Human resources theory and
practices are foundational both for the unique discipline of human resources
and for the general practice and discipline of management. Discuss how human resources is both a
discipline of its own and how it is embedded in the practice of
management. Select three of the
following areas:
• Recruiting and
hiring
• Performance
management
• Labor relations
and collective bargaining
• Employee
relations
• Strategic human
resource management
• Training and
development
• Organization
development
For each of the three areas selected discuss
• The relevance and
importance of that area for management
• The roles and
responsibilities of that area for managers, for human resource specialists and
why this is so
• Two or three
theories or concepts within that area that are important for effective
management of human resources from the perspective of human resources, of the
individual employee, of the manager of the employee, and of the organization
• Identify
significant legal guidelines or regulations related to managing this area
effectively: To what laws do managers
need to adhere or pay special attention in this area?
• Identify 3 to 5
challenges faced by organizations today in that area and address how those
challenges are successfully managed and/or mitigated (if they are risks).
• What theories or
theorists ground your understand of this area of human resource management and
why you selected that theory.
Submission: The various assignments for this course should
be submitted as Word.doc attachments in the Assignment section of our virtual
classroom. Each file should be named in the following manner: Last
name–truncated Week Number-Assignment name (abbreviated if necessary)
