Chapter 7

Human Resource
Management

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 The HRM Process

Functions of the HRM Process

Identifying and selecting competent
employees
Providing employees with up-to-date
knowledge and skills to do their jobs
Ensuring that the organization retains
competent and high-performing
employees
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 Environmental Factors Affecting
HRM
Economic Conditions
Recruitment is dependent upon
unemployment rates and labour markets
Labour Unions
Organizations that represent workers and
seek to protect their interests through
collective bargaining
Government Legislation
Laws and regulations that govern the
workplace
Minimum age, wage, hours, equal pay,
holidays and working conditions
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 Environmental Factors Affecting
HRM (contd)
Legislation Affecting Workplace Conditions
Canada Labour Code
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information
System
Employment standards legislation
Antidiscrimination Legislation
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the
Canadian Human Rights Act
The Employment Equity Act
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 Human Resource Planning
Human Resource (HR) Planning
The process to ensure the right number
and kinds of people are in the right
places at the right times, who can
effectively and efficiently perform their
tasks
Helps avoid sudden talent shortages
and surpluses

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 Human Resource Planning
Steps in HR planning:
Assessing current human
resources
Assessing future human resources
needs developing a program to
meet those future needs
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