What Human Resource Management activities were illustrated by Sam’s schedule in the Application Case?

Lesson 1!
In this lesson, you will continue to explore the role of Human Resource Management.

Read the Application Case 1-1 on pages 22 – 25 in your Human Resource Management Textbook

Based on your reading of the Application Case, review the LinkedIn Learning videos under Time Management Tips with Dave Crenshaw. View those videos which you believe would be useful to Sam Lennox.

Write a 1 to 2 pages paper that outlines the following:
1. What Human Resource Management activities were illustrated by Sam’s schedule in the Application Case?

2. Outline the areas of ineffective management and time-robbers that are affecting Sam and based on the videos ad other sources, offer solutions to overcome these problems.

3. Discuss Sam’s career progress and is he now promotable?

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.ph

PLEASE DO NOT USE Wikipedia, Ask.com, Articlebase, businessdictionary.com, eHow, smallbusiness.chron.com, term paper websites, etc. From time-to-time, the professor my point out other sources that are not reliable academic sources.

SAMPLE SOLUTION  

It is human resource management’s role to ensure that employees are motivated and remain objective while working in the organization. Employee satisfaction is an important issue, and personnel management should actively manage employees in recruitment, selection, training and compensation process. In this case, Sam Lennox, the human resource manager and later promoted to personnel manager, was supposed to obtain, use and maintain a satisfied employee base. This included handling issues arising at work, maintaining healthy working conditions, and improve communication. Personnel management is primarily concerned with the organization’s human resource (Torrington, Hall, Atkinson, & Taylor, 2020).
Sam Lennox is not in harmony with what is going on in the organization regarding the employees. He wastes much time during the day and later realizes that he has not achieved much in solving the job problems that arose. One, the organization has poor employee relations and employee satisfaction. Productivity can only improve once…