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Chapter 8:
Managing Human Resources in Organizations
2 2 5
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how high-quality human resources are maintained by organizations. We conclude by
discussing workforce diversity, labor relations, and new challenges in the changing
workplace.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF HRM
Human Resource Management (HRM)
is the set of organizational activities directed at
attracting, developing, and maintaining an effective workforce.
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HRM takes place within
a complex and ever-changing environmental context. Three particularly vital compo-
nents of this context are HRM’s strategic importance and the legal and social environ-
ments of HRM.
The Strategic Importance of HRM
Human resources are critical for effective organizational functioning. HRM (or “
person-
nel
,” as it is sometimes called) was once relegated to second-class status in many organi-
zations, but its importance has grown dramatically in the last two decades. Its new
importance stems from increased legal complexities, the recognition that human
resources are a valuable means for improving productivity, and the awareness today of
the costs associated with poor HRM.
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For example, Microsoft recently announced that
it was eliminating 5,000 jobs in business areas that are expected to shrink. At the same
time, though, the firm began developing strategies for hiring high-talent people for jobs
related to Internet search, an important growth area for the company.
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This careful and
systematic approach of reducing human resources in areas where they are no longer
needed and adding new human resources to key growth areas reflects a strategic
approach to HRM.
Indeed, managers now realize that the effectiveness of their HR function has a
substantial impact on the bottom-line performance of the firm. Poor human resource
planning can result in spurts of hiring followed by layoffs—costly in terms of
unemployment compensation payments, training expenses, and morale. Haphazard
compensation systems do not attract, keep, or motivate good employees, and
outmoded recruitment practices can expose the firm to expensive and embarrassing
discrimination lawsuits. Consequently, the chief human resource executive of most
large businesses is a vice president directly accountable to the CEO, and many firms
are developing strategic HR plans and integrating those plans with other strategic planning
activities.
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Even organizations with as few as 200 employees usually have a human resource
manager and a human resource department charged with overseeing these activities.
Responsibility for HR activities, however, is shared between the HR department and
line managers. The HR department may recruit and initially screen candidates, but the
final selection is usually made by managers in the department where the new employee
will work. Similarly, although the HR department may establish performance appraisal
policies and procedures, the actual evaluation and coaching of employees are done by
their immediate superiors.
The growing awareness of the strategic significance of HRM has even led to new
terminology to reflect a firm’s commitment to people.

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