City University of Pasay

Bachelor of Science in
Business/Office Administration
Assignment 1

Subject Human Resource Management

Student’s Name Aguilar, Desirie P.
Year and Section 3-1
Course Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Operation Management

Instructor Mr. Alex Abanggan

 The task shown below constitute the assessment of learner’s knowledge and their ability to
do an independent research in the given topic which will be beneficial for them in the
succeeding class discussion.

Assignment

Type of Submission: Individual Assessment

You are required to answer the below questions.

1. Give atleast 3 Definition of Human Resource Management by different authors.

Human Resources Management is concerned with allocating and managing the most
valuable resources people in the organisation. Human resource is the wealth of a nation and an
organisation. Human Resources Management practice involves careful strategizing, good
leadership, and other solid business practicess.

“From the national point of view, human resources are knowledge, skills, creative abilities,
talents, and attitudes obtained in the population; whereas from the viewpoint of the individual
enterprise they represent the total of the inherent abilities, acquired knowledge and skills as
exemplified in the talents and aptitudes of its employers”

Human Resource Management is the process of attracting, developing and maintaining a talented
and energetic workforce to support organisational mission, objectives and strategie.

Human resource management is concerned with the human beings in an organisation. It views an
organisation’s manpower as its resources and assets, and not as liabilities or mere hands. HRM is
the process of managing the people of an organisation with HRM can be defined as a process of
procuring, developing, and maintaining competent resources in the organisation so that goals of
an organisation are achieved in an effective and efficient manner. HRM is an art of managing
people at work in such a manner that they give their best to the organisation. (Leon. C
Megginson)

In K. Aswathappa’s words “HRM refers to the management of people in organisations. It

comprises of the activities, policies, and practices involved in obtaining, developing, utilizing,
evaluating, maintaining, and retaining the appropriate number and skill mix of employees to
accomplish the organisation’s objectives. The goal of HRM is to maximize employees’
contributions in order to achieve optimal productivity and effectiveness, while simultaneously
attaining individual objectives (such as having a challenging job and obtaining recognition), and
societal objectives (such as legal compliance and demonstrating social responsibility)”

(http://www.himpub.com/documents/Chapter2146.pdf)
 Human resource management (HRM) is the practice of recruiting, hiring, deploying and
managing an organization's employees. HRM is often referred to simply as human resources
(HR). A company or organization's HR department is usually responsible for creating, putting into effect
and overseeing policies governing workers and the relationship of the organization with its employees.
The term human resources was first used in the early 1900s, and then more widely in the 1960s, to
describe the people who work for the organization, in aggregate.

HRM is really employee management with an emphasis on those employees as assets of the
business. In this context, employees are sometimes referred to as human capital. As with other
business assets, the goal is to make effective use of employees, reducing risk and maximizing
return on investment (ROI).

https://searchhrsoftware.techtarget.com/definit
ion/human-resource-management-HRM
2. Differentiate Human Resource
Management from Personnel
Management.
(essay form minimum of 250 words)

First, let’s define what is Human resource management (HRM) it is the process of employing people,
training them, compensating them, developing policies relating to them, and developing strategies to retain
whereas HRM is a more modern and a more specific approach to managing human resources in an
organization

Personnel management is defined as an administrative specialization that focuses on hiring and developing
employees to become more valuable to the company. It is sometimes considered to be a sub-category
of human resources that only focuses on administration so it means they’re just the same the differences is
that Personnel management is a little old and a more traditional way of handling employees at a workplace,
focuses on the administration welfare of the employee maintaining the relationship with employees
 3. List down atleast 4 roles of a Human Resource Professional and site an example on
how it can be use in HR Management. Do an online research from business journal,
research studies or even books with different authors. Include the site/author of
your source/reference below your answer.

1. Strategic Partner: “Being a strategic partner” is understood as a long-term relationship to

achieve defined objectives common to all partners. Some people refer to HR as business partner.
Being business partners, HR professionals work closely with an organisation’s senior leaders in
order to develop an HR agenda that closely supports the overall aims of the organisation. HR
business partnering is becoming more popular as organisations become people-focused and see the
value in aligning agendas toward a common goal.

2. Change Agent Role: Creating a culture of change is a responsibility of an HR Manager. When it

comes to being a change agent, an HR manager would look to alter human capability or
organisational systems to achieve a higher degree of output. Role of an HR manager as a successful
change agent in an organisation is to foster business leaders who can anticipate change, analyze the
environment, act decisively and collaboratively, and affirm the value of positive change.

3. Employees Champion: As the voice for employee concerns and employee issues, HR
professionals must be the advocate for employees, recognizing that they have other lives besides
work, and ensuring that organisational policies and practices consider these pressures. Otherwise,
in many cases, the organisation loses valuable human resources who do not want to continue
working in a “family-unfriendly” environment.

4. Administrative: The administrative role of HR management is heavily oriented to processing

and record keeping. Maintaining employee files and HR-related databases, processing employee
benefits claims, answering questions about sick leave policies, and compiling and submitting
required State and government reports. These activities must be performed efficiently and
promptly.

In addition to these roles the Human Resources Department also covers five key roles.
Executive role: In this role the HR department are viewed as the specialists in the areas that
encompass Human Resources or people management.

Audit role: In this capacity the HR department will check other departments and the organisation
as a whole to ensure all HR policies such as Health and Safety, Training, and Staff Appraisal, etc., are
being carried out in accordance with the company’s HR policy.

Facilitator role: In this role, the HR department help or facilitate other departments to achieve the
goals or standards as laid out in the HR policies of the organisation. This will involve training being
delivered for issues that arise in the areas relating to people management.

Consultancy role: The HR department will advise managers on how to tackle specific managing
people issues professionally.

Service role: In this capacity, the HR department is an information provider to raise awareness and
inform departments and functional areas on changes in policy.

(http://www.himpub.com/documents/Chapter2146.pdf)
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