Hr Recruitment and Selection

Yvonne Terhorst

Hr policy

Hr recruitment and selection

HRM - a managerial perspective which argues the need to establish and integrated series of personnel policies to support organizational strategy

Importance of HRM

Companies do not differ that much when comparing their technology, structure, product, strategy...

"The quality of their personnel can make the difference" so:

People management is critical to business performance

Necessary part of the organizing function of management

- Selecting, training, and evaluating the workforce

An important strategic tool

• HRM helps establish an organization's sustainable competitive advantage

Development of early HRM

- 1900 - (scientific management): time-and-motion studies required training

- 1923 - (human relations movement): western electric company studies

•  Behavioral sciences

Hattorn experiment

From:

Personnel management (operations, focus on payment, contracts, selection)

To:

human resource management (strategic, focus on org, HR should support strategy)

To:

Human Capital management (employees are most important asset, human capital: balance sheet)

More emphasis on:

Development

Education

Own responsibility

Four main activities:

Staffing, retention, development, adjustment

Line manager are directly responsible for the output of the company

Staff managers support the line and are indirectly responsible the resource of the company

Recruitment process (example with Heineken )

Equal opportunity - all people have rights to job (no discrimination)

Affirmative action - if 2 people are equal you have to choose one with minority

Intro

Study

Experience

Alignment - pointing people in the right direction

Engagement - developing beliefs and commitment to the organization purpose and direction

Measurement - kpi

Eliminating candidates - selection

Behavioral interview - what did you do

Performance management

Inflow of staff --> mobility/transfers (throughput)--> outflow

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