Managing-human-resources

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Instructor

John W. Budd
University of Minnesota

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University of Minnesota
 
One way or another, all employees are managed. But approaches to managing employees varying from employee-to-employee, job-to-job, manager-to-manager, organization-to-organization, and country-to-country. This course provides a foundation for developing your own approach to skillfully managing employees by illustrating alternative human resource management (HRM) strategies, introducing the importance of the legal context, and thinking about what motivates employees. This will then give you the factual and conceptual basis for developing specific, critical HRM skills in subsequent courses on hiring employees, managing performance, and rewarding employees. Don’t know anything about HRM? That’s OK! Leave this course with a new-found understanding of the range of options available for managing employees, a grasp of what makes workers tick, and the readiness to develop your own HRM skills.
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What Will You Learn?

  • Human Resources (HR)
  • Resource Management
  • Hr Strategy
  • Managerial Styles
  • External Influences on HR Strategies
  • The Commodification of Work
  • Fairness and Justice
  • U.S. Employment Law

Course Content

01 Alternative-approaches-to-managing-human-resources
This section starts with an introduction to the course, and then we'll spend two lessons looking at alternative ways of managing human resources. After completing this module, you will be able to… • Explain why managing people is important. • Compare strategies for managing human resources. • Evaluate the fit between an organization’s HR strategy, a manager’s style(s), and the business environment.

  • Embrace Your Role as a Manager (Course Introduction)
    07:00
  • About the Instructor
    07:00
  • Human Resources? That’s Not Very
    04:00
  • HR Basics
    06:00
  • The Historical Evolution of HRM
    06:00
  • Contrasting Organizational Strategies
    07:00
  • Alternative Managerial Styles
    08:00
  • External Influences on HR Strategies
    07:00
  • The Importance of Organizational Strategy for HR Strategy
    06:00
  • Speed Dating with HR Executives
    06:00
  • Ideas Matter
    10:00

02 What-makes-employees-work-money-of-course
We'll be focusing on the monetary reasons for working, and the lessons for managers that result. After completing this module, you will be able to… • Explain how money can motivate some workers. • Identify key managerial concerns if workers are self-interested and view work economically.

03 What-makes-employees-work-revisited-non-monetary-motivations
We'll be focusing on the non-monetary reasons for working, and the lessons for managers that result. After completing this module, you will be able to… • Explain at least four different reasons that people work not related to money. • Identify key managerial concerns when workers work for different non-monetary reasons.• Develop strategies for addressing these key concerns using insights from psychology and sociology.

04 The-people-manager-as-part-of-a-complex-system
we'll finish laying a foundation for managing human resources by looking at the constraints faced by managers, especially the legal environment. After completing this module, you will be able to… • Explain at least four constraints that influence how human resources are managed in a particular organization. • Compare the ways in which the law does and does not see employment as a typical contractual relationship. • Create a list of legal and illegal HRM practices in your country.

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