Human Resources Task 1

Describe the fundamental aspects of human resource management.
Describe the strategic importance of human resource management (HRM) activities performed in organizations.
Give examples of career opportunities available in the HRM field.
Compare the role that specialists and operating managers play in performing HRM activities.
Summarize the main objectives pursued by HRM units in organizations.
In this task we will explore the role of human resource management in today’s environment and in the HR world of tomorrow.

Human Resource Management can trace its humble beginnings to the field of Personnel Administration which emerged in the United States around the 1920s. Personnel Administration was focused on the technical side of hiring, evaluating, training and compensating employees. The field of Human Resource Management, which we are focused on in this term, formally emerged in the late 1970s as a response to pressures from globalization, deregulations and changes in technology.

Watch the LinkedIn Learning course: Human Resources Foundations with Wayne Cascio (56mins.)

Watch the LinkedIn Learning course: Administrative Human Resources Fundamentals with Catherine Mattice Zundel (85 minutes)

Using what you have now learned from the LinkedIn Learning videos and your reading, write a 1 to 2 page paper focused on why the Human Resource department plays such a significant role in organizational strategy.

Remember: All writing must be supported by academic literature and will be in APA format during this course. You must cite each and every sentence in which you used materials from your academic literature. Your work will be checked for academic integrity by the Turnitin system. For a great breakdown of academic literature, please visit: https://www.lib.unb.ca/research/success/understanding.php

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Human resource management entails formal systems made for managing people within a company. The importance of HRM is maximizing the organization productivity by employees’ effectiveness optimization. HRM is a vital aspect of an organization, especially when it comes to strategic management (Reiche, Harzing & Tenzer, 2019). Human resources help improve the organization’s bottom line with its important information about how human input impacts organizational success. HRM department plays a crucial role in creating lucrative and fitting compensation packages that set organization wages competitive with other companies in the region, in similar industry or businesses competing for workers with the same skills.
However, the HR department plays the role of offering training and development to the employees. This aspect offers training that enhances the business fair employment activities and worker development in preparing leaders for top positions (Robbins, Coulter, Martocchio & Long, 2018). Human resource department conducts the…