BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Human Resource Management
- a model of personnel management that focuses on the individual rather than taking a collective approach. Responsibility for human resource management is often devolved to line management. It is characterized by an emphasis on strategic integration, employee commitment, workforce flexibility, and quality of goods and services.
- Abbr. HRM
Additional Resources
- Human Resource Management Systems
- Human Resource Management Systems, also called Human Resource modules, is a link between Human resource management and information technology. A Human resource management system provides a single, accurate view of all human resource activities including recruiting, performance management, training and development and also compensation. Human resource management systems reduce the...
- White papers 2008-02-11
- Managing Knowledge Workers in a Knowledge-Based Economy: The Changing Role of Human Resource Management in the Msc Status Companies, Malaysia
- This paper underline changes in the field of human resource management and how exactly it links to knowledge management. In this view, one may question whether strategic human resource management is required for knowledge management or whether knowledge management is required for strategic human resource management. Are they of the...
- White papers 2005-07-01
- An Introduction to Bottom-Line Human Resource Management
- "This article explains to managers and academics a new approach to human resource management, what I call "Bottom-Line Human Resource Management." Bottom-line human resource management starts by positing clear organizational goals, and in this way differs from strategic human resource management, which starts with analysis of the organization's human resource...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Human Resource Management of Diversity in the Public Sector: Addressing Challenges of Inequality and Exclusions
- The paper addresses the subject of human resource management of diversity in the public sector to tackle challenges of inequality and exclusions. The means of an end approach in the transformation of personnel administration into human resource management is crucial at the level of the preparation of the soil, concretized...
- White papers 2003-09-14
- Human Resource Management Basics: Small Versus Large Firm Practices
- This paper provides a basic overview of the human resource management functions performed in organizations, comparing and contrasting these functional areas from the perspective of small and large organizations. This comparison is done by virtue of the functions defined by the Society for Human Resource Management and includes: Employment, Placement,...
- White papers 2004-04-22
- Human Resource organization to hold silent auction. (The Buzz).(Society for Human Resource Management)(Brief Article)
- As it has for the past four years, the Society for Human Resource Management is holding a silent auction in December that will provide funding for human resource research, publications and educational programs. This year, 5o percent of the money rais As it has for the...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- Improving the Quality of Human Services Through Results-Oriented Human Resource Management
- A partnership between human services and human resource managers is a powerful strategy for eliminating certain barriers to more effective service delivery. At the same time, even very strong human resource management can address only one aspect of service delivery. This paper reviews critical workforce issues in human services (Section...
- White papers 2002-06-01
- A Quarter-Century Review of Human Resource Management in the U.S.: The Growth in Importance of the International Perspective
- This article briefly describes two major areas in which these developments have been unfolding: strategic human resource management and international human resource management. Across these two areas of activity, HRM in the U. S. has evolved to encompass a greater appreciation of issues associated with: the systemic character of human...
- White papers 2004-11-17
- Human Resource Management: The Need for Theory and Diversity
- Human Resource Management as an academic discipline needs to be theoretically grounded, i.e. it requires support through theories, theory-driven empirical research and critiques. In doing so, different theoretical perspectives are addressed suggesting a problem-orientated theory selection which leads inevitably to theoretical diversity. Human Resource Management HRM is concerned with the...
- White papers 2004-05-30
- An Investigation of Canadian and Russian Human Resource Management Practices
- This paper presents findings from an investigation to discern the similarities and differences between Canadian and Russian human resource management practices. A literature review was conducted to determine the "state of the art" of human resource management HRM in Russia and Canada. This was followed by a survey to determine...
- White papers 2003-12-08
- The Impact of Strategic Human Resource Management on Organizational Success: The Public Sector and Multiple Goals
- Strategic Human Resource Management SHRM enhances productivity and the effectiveness of organizations. Research shows that when organizations employ such personnel practices as internal career ladders, formal training systems, results-oriented performance appraisal, employment security, employee voice/participation, broadly defined jobs, and performance-based compensation, they are more able to achieve their goals and...
- White papers 2002-08-06
- SHRM conference attendance tops 12,000.(Society for Human Resource Management.)(Brief Article)
- SAN DIEGO-More than 12,000 human resource professionals attended the 2005 Society for Human Resource Management's annual conference and exposition, held June 19-22 in San Diego. During the meeting, SHRM also welcomed its 200,000th member, Felecian SAN DIEGO-More than 12,000 human resource professionals attended...
- Research articles 2005-07-11
- What Role Does Human Resource Management Play In A Business?
- The human resource function has gone from the traditional hire and fire role to a strategic partner at the table with finance, operations and other business centers that are not centers of profit for the organization. The job of HR, as is the job of all such departments, is to...
- White papers 2008-06-04
- '05 SHRM conference slated for San Diego.(News)(Society for Human Resource Management)(Brief Article)
- NEW ORLEANS-More than 10,000 human resource professionals attended the 56th Annual Conference & Exhibition of the Society for Human Resource Management, held June 27-30 in New Orleans. The topics for educational seminars ran the gamut from tren NEW ORLEANS-More than 10,000 human resource professionals...
- Research articles 2004-07-12
- Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS)
- Human Resource Management System HRMS allow enterprises to automate many aspects of human resource management, with the dual benefits of reducing the workload of the HR department as well as increasing the efficiency of the department by standardising HR processes. The field of human resources is one that is often...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Human Resource Management of Price Waterhouse Coopers, With Special Reference to Cambodia
- Human resource management is the part of the organization that is concerned with the "people" dimension. Human resource management HRM can be viewed in two ways: Firstly, HRM is a staff, or support, function in the organization. Its role is to provide assistance in HRM matters to line employees, or...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Two Who Show the Way - Society for Human Resource Management honors human resource mangers Marilyn L. Weixel and George C. Sinnott
- At its Annual Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas this June, the Society for Human Resource Management SHRM recognized two human resource professionals for their outstanding contributions to the field of HR management. The HR professionals received the Award for Professional Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by SHRM. This year,...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- Measuring Organizational Performance In Strategic Human Resource Management
- A major challenge for Strategic Human Resource Management research in the next decade will be to establish a clear, coherent, and consistent construct for organizational performance. This paper describes variety of measures used in current empirical research linking human resource management and organizational performance. Implications for future research are discussed...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The View From The Top: How Strategic Human Resource Management Affects The Performance Of Initial Public Offering Firms
- This article studies SHRM by taking an organizational level perspective on control over all employees. Drawing from agency theory, control theory, and the resource-based view of the firm, it develops hypotheses regarding the differential effects on firm performance of various overarching approaches to human resource management HRM control implemented in...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Human Resource Group Launches Portal.(Society for Human Resource Management)(Brief Article)
- The Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, Virginia, has invested $3 million in non-dues revenue to transform its existing Web site into a Web portal, which provides a single entry point for users to gain access to a wide variety of servi The Society for Human...
- Research articles 2001-05-01
