“HRM is the provision of leadership and direction of people in their working or
employment relationship”
-Dale Voder
WHAT IS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM)?
• Recruiting
• Providing orientation to Employees
• Appraising their performance
• Motivating them
• Ensuring their Safety
15 KEY FUNCTIONS OF HRM
1) Human resource planning
2) Recruitment
3) Performance management
4) Learning & development
5) Career planning
6) Information sharing
7) Rewards & recognition
8) Compensation & benefits
9) Industrial relations
10)Policy formulation
11)Health & safety
12)Personal well-being
13)Employee engagement
14)Compliance
15)Administrative responsibility
1)HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
Also known as Workforce Planning
An HR should know the future needs of the company
Helps to Recruit , Retain and Optimize
• EXAMPLE:
• STARBUCKS has a unique selection process
• This approach of them has led to the lowest employee
turnover rate compared to other quick service
restaurants.
2)EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Helps to acquire new and brilliant talent in the company
Enhances well being and boosts productivity of the
employees
Ensures every employee is fully dedicated and committed to
the company’s missions and goals
Organizations put significant sums in employee engagement
to convince employees that they matter
EXAMPLE:
Google allows its employees to spend 20% of
their time on their personal projects
It has delivered some great results like Gmail and
Google Maps
3) REWARDS & RECOGNITION
If implemented effectively then it proves to be an
efficient tool
Recognizing employees efforts makes them feel
worthy
It is a fact that encouraged employees can change
the fate of the company
They can be Monetary or Non-Monetary
EXAMPLES:
Bonuses, Written praise, Verbal praise
4) PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
It builds a communication system between Manager
and an employee which occurs throughout the year,
in support of accomplishing the strategic objectives
of the organization.
The performance management is a tool which is
widely used by managers to monitor and evaluate
the work performance of the employees.
It enables the employee to achieve the work
performance of set standards
5) INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
By maintaining good industrial relations organizations
hope to keep employees loyal and more engaged
HR helps in preventing and resolving disputes or
problems between the management and the
employees
HR also assists in creating and enforcing policies that
are fair and consistent for everyone in the workplace