Human Resources Management (HRM)

General definition. Human resources management is a set of planning activities. They include the acquisition, maintenance, and development of an organization’s human resources. In general, human resources planning consists of forecasting the human resources that the firm will need in the future.

Acquisition includes planning that leads to hiring new personnel.

Maintenance of human resources consists in motivating employees to remain within the firm and to work effectively. Motivation includes the following aspects:

- rewarding an employee through monetary payments;

- providing benefits and promotions to ensure an employee’s well being.

Development aspect of HRM is concerned with improving employees’ skills and capabilities. Employee training and development programs enhance the ability of employees to contribute to the firm.

Candidates for open positions may be recruited from within or outside the firm. In the selection process applications, resumes, interviews and references may be used to obtain information about candidates.

Words you may need:

acquisition– приобретение, наем (на работу)

maintenance – удержание, сохранение

consist in – заключаться в ч-л

well being – благосостояние

enhance – повышать, увеличивать

references – рекомендации

DISCUSSION

1. Work in pairs and divide the following styles of behaviour into pairs of opposites:

a) being group oriented

b) being cautious and careful

c) being decisive and able to take rapid individual decisions

d) being individualistic

e) being assertive, authoritative, ruthless and competitive

f) being happy to take risks

g) being good at listening and sensitive to other people’s feelings

h) being intuitive

i) being logical, rational and analytic

j) liking consensus and conciliation

2. Which five of the above styles do you think are generally preferable for

managers?

3. Now look at the following list of qualities. Work in pairs and decide which are

the most important for a manager:

k) being competent and efficient in one’s job

l) being friendly and sociable

m) being a hard worker

n) being persuasive

o) having good ideas

p) being good at communicating

q) being good at motivating people

r) being good at taking the initiative and leading other people

4. Make a list of the five most important qualities from (a) to (r).

5. Which of these qualities do you think you have? Which do you lack? Which

could you still learn? Which do you have to be born with?

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