Unit 4 Human resource Managements (H.R.M)

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Business 2015 3/12/15 Chapter 9 Unit 4 Human Resource Management.

What is Human Resource Management ?

Businesses like Bus Eireann can only be good as the people who work their. Human Resource Management (H.R.M) refers to the recruitment training and retention of motivated staff and includes maintaining good industrial relations

What is human resource (H.R) planning?

Human resource planning (H.R.P) identifies the future staffing needs of the business and plans to have the right number of staff with the right skills at the right time.

1. Audit the present human resource levels. a human resource audit is a survey of the skills in the exisiting workforce.

2. Forecast future human resource needs of the business Staff numbers can rise or fall due to developments such as expansion of the business mergers and introduction of new technology. these needs to be planned in advance Natural wastage refers to staff leaving 'naturally' due to retirement or to take up new jobs. Businesses need to plan their human resources skillfully to ensure they always will have the skilled staff needed for the business need to plan their human resources carefully.

3. Monitor the level of lab our turnover in the business lab our turn over refers to the rate at which employees leave a firm.