Open, participative, empowerment
Developing people
Investment in human assets
1-13
Strategic Importance of HRM
For years, HRM was not linked to corporate profit Organizations focused on current performance HR managers did not have a strategic perspective Executives categorized HRM in a traditional manner It was hard to develop metrics for HRM activities
Until the 1960s, the personnel function was concerned only with blue-collar employees Filing, housekeeping, social worker, firefighter, diffuser of union trouble
Labor relations
Training, development
Performance evaluation, compensation
Safety, health, wellness
Recruitment, selection, motivation, orientation
1-5
HRM Orientation
1-15
Strategic Importance of HRM
Measured
HRM actions, language,