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What is HRM?

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The management of people in the organization using methods and procedures that identify and motivate employees to achieve outcomes for themselves and for the organization

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HRM supports and enables organizations to…

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meet short term and long term economic, social, and environmental goals

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Strategic HRM

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  • Process of integrating the strategic needs of an organization into the choice of HR systems and practices to support the overall mission, strategies, and performance
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Difference between HRM and a Human Resource Department:

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HRM focuses on what managers should do regarding HR systems, policies and procedures

Human resource department specialized group with primary focus of ensuring the most effective use of human resource systems across an organization to enhance employee performance and achieve organizational goals.

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What are the steps in the model of strategic HRM

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  1. organization, mission, vision, and strategy analysis
  2. Environmental Scan
  3. Analysis of Organizational Character and Culture (why the people behave that way)
  4. Choice and Implementation of Human Resource Strategies (last one to create strategy bc they have to know what everyone else wants to accomplish)
  5. Review, Education and Audit of Human Resource Strategies (if putting something in place in HR need a way to evaluate if it’s working, how are you going to measure it)
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mission statement

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Statement outlining the purpose, long-term objectives, and activities the organization will pursue and the course for the future. What we’re all about, why they exist.

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PEST Environmental Scan

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Continuous monitoring of economic, technological, demographic, legal, and cultural forces

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4 Critical Economic Forces

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  1. Economic cycles
  2. Global trade
  3. Productivity and innovation improvement
    4.Knowledge workers
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During recessionary periods, HR faces

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Layoffs, wage concessions, lower morale

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During boom cycles, HR must consider

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How to recruit and develop talent with a different skill set to what was let go

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Three Critical Technological Forces:

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  1. Connectivity and work design
  2. Automation
  3. Data and analytics
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Organization automate to:

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  • Increase speed
  • Provide better service
  • Increase flexibility
  • Increase predictability in operations
  • Achieve higher standard of quality
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4 Critical Demographic Forces

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  1. Gender balance (more women than men now)
  2. Educational attainment of workers (education so important today)
  3. Aging population
    Generational shift
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2 Critical Cultural Forces:

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  1. Diversity and social justice
  2. Ethics
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org culture

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Core beliefs and assumptions that are widely shared by all organizational members, both the company and the employees hold this, have to look at that when hiring

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step 4:Choice and Implementation of Human Resource Strategies

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There should be a clear line of sight between HR strategy and corporate goals, HR should be last to make their strategy bc it supports the org. goals and objectives

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HR must continuously focus on the following activities:

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  1. Identifying opportunities, risks and challenges –> SWOT analysis
  2. Making data-informed decisions aligned to strategy
  3. Optimizing for high performance (how do you get employees to perform at higher level)
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human resource audit

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Holistic review of HR strategies with the intention of identifying and correcting deficiencies

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Staff authority

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Authority to advise, not direct

HR is a service department can’t tell other managers what to do

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line authority

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Possessed by managers of operating departments

allow managers to make decisions about production

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functional authority

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HR department may be provided authority to make decisions that are usually made by line managers

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what are the 3 questions that guide HR on which employment laws apply:

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Question 1 Is the person an employee of the company or an independent contractor? If it’s independent contractor they don’t the laws to protect them

Question 2 Is the organization provincially or federally regulated?

Question 3 Is the employee unionized or nonunionized? Unionized have greater protection than non-union employees, have to refer to collective agreement/contract and follow it step by step what it says

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steps to determine if the person is an employee or a contractor

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do they have their won hours or does the employer set their hours

do they use their own tools or are the tools provided by the employer

who assumes the profit: does the employer pay the expenses required for revenue or does the worker

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Canada Labour Code (CLC)

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the minimum employment standards and labor relations (eg. minimum wage, termination provisions) for all employees in federally regulated industries

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what % of Canadian employees fall under the federal or provincial legislation
10% federal 90% provincial
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What are unionized employees covered under?
each provinces labour relations act instead of employment standards these acts set rules on how unions and employers will organize and collectively bargain to determine the minimum employment standards
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example of employees who are exempt from employment laws
family members in fam business municipal police officers farmers inmates politicians
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In terms of legislation, what are HR's responsibilities?
determining which law applies to which employee staying up to date on current laws develop programs to ensure company compliance
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What is the difference between employment laws vs human rights laws in terms of how they impact HR functions
employment laws impact single hr activity human rights affects nearly every HR function
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Human rights legislation
not treating any Canadians differently because of their membership in a protected group
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Supreme Court
only sees cases of public importance and is the ultimate interpreter of the charter
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The Canadian Human Rights Act
Federal law prohibiting discrimination Applies to all federal government departments and agencies, Crown corporations, and business and industry falling under federal jurisdiction (eg. banks, airlines, railways, interprovincial communication) Each province has its own antidiscrimination law
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discrimination
A showing of partiality or prejudice in treatment; specific action or policies directed against the welfare of minority groups
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prohibited grounds of discrimination
age colour/race national/ethnic origin gender identity sex/sexual orientation diability marital and family status pardoned convicts
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Employment equity
Employers with 100+ employees under federal jurisdiction must develop and submit annual plans for removing employment barriers and promoting equity with members of these four group affects every HR function
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pay equity acts
equal pay for work of equal value
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what are the 2 sets of privacy law Canada has?
PIPEDA and the privacy act
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privacy act
a person's right to access and correct personal information that the government holds about them also applies to governments collection and use of personal information in the course of providing services such as old age security, EI, tax collection.
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Personal Information Protection and Electronics Document Act (PIPEDA)
sets rules for how organizations collect, use and disclose personal information in Canada applies to private sector organizations and to the person info of federally regulated employees
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what are some of the purposes for workplace policies
outline expectation in the workplace meeting statutory requirements outline how to address complaints
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challenges for diverse workers
stereotyping glass ceiling old boy's network pet to threat
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Old Boy’s Network
Informal relationships among male managers and executives, women end up hindered
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Pet to Threat
Shared experience by many Black women that the mentors and managers who once supported them later undermine them because they are perceived as a threat or competition
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phases in job analysis
Phase 1: preparation for job analysis Phase 2: collection of job analysis information (how much info and how detailed do you need it) Phase 3: use of job analysis information (how are you using it, what's the purpose of gathering it)
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What are the steps in the preparation stage of job analysis
1. become familiar with organization and jobs 2. determine use of job analysis 3. identify jobs to be analyzed
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what are the 2 steps in the collection stage of job analysis
4. determine sources of job data 5. identify the data required 6. choose method for data collection
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what can you use the job analysis information to create
job descriptions job specs job standards competency models
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contents of a typical job description
job identity job summary duties and responsibilities working conditions approvals
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job identity
- Job title, job location, job code
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job summary and duties
Summarizes the job in few sentences - Indicated what the job is -each major duty described interns of actions expected
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what are the key considerations for job design
organizational consideration ergonomic consideration employee considerations job specialization considerations environmental considerations
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Work flow
Sequence of and balance between jobs in an organization needed to produce the firm’s goods or services
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Ergonomic Considerations:
Considers the physical relationship between the worker and the work Fitting the task to the worker rather than forcing employees to adapt to the task
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what are the 5 job characteristics in the job characteristics model
task identity variety task significance autonomy feedback
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what are the 3 psychological states in the job characteristics model
meaningfulness of work responsibility for work outcomes knowledge of results of work
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what are the outcomes of the job characteristics model
high motivation high performance lower absenteeism and turnover high satisfaction
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Task Identity
Extent to which employees complete a whole, identifiable piece of work
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task significance
Extent to which employees impact others and the company
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skill variety
Extent to which job requires a range of competencies and abilities,
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HR planning
Forecasts an organization’s future demand for and supply of employees, and matches supply with demand

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