179 Outcome: Human Resource Management

What you’ll learn to do: define human resource management and explain how managers develop and implement a human resource plan

What do all businesses have in common regardless of the product, good, or service? EMPLOYEES! Unless you are a business of one, you will have to navigate through the process of planning for, recruiting, hiring, training, managing, and possibly firing employees. This is a broad but not exhaustive list of the functions that the HR department performs in order to keep a business running and well staffed. Again you’ll notice that the word plan appears in your learning outcome! This is because every detail such the number, qualification, salary, and location of every cashier, accountant, lawyer, or carpenter who works in an organization is the result of thoughtful planning on the part of human resource managers. Let’s get started by taking a closer look at some of the many components that make up a human resource plan.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The learning activities for this section include:

• Video: Hiring the Right Employees
• Reading: Human Resource Management
• Self Check: Human Resource Management

Take time to review and reflect on each of these activities in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.