Chapter Overview

Human resource management involves a steady stream of activities.An HR manager's job revolves around a set of functions including HR planning,staffing,developing employees,appraisal,and compensation and benefit.

This chapter covers each of these functions,including how managers plan for their organization's HR needs and ways in which organizations select,develop,and appraise employee performance.The chapter also describes the main components of a compensation system and some of the legal issues involved in hiring,compensating,and managing workers.Finally,the chapter discusses workforce diversity,the management of knowledge workers,the use of a contingent workforce and why workers organize into labor unions.

A career in HR management can be rewarding,but given the dynamic nature of the external environment,keeping abreast of changes and incorporating those necessary changes into these HR management functions is also challenging.

Read chapter 10 and case study, The Sony Family on page 232. You will describe how the leadership in the company applied appropriate Human Resource Planning to create better relationships between management and staff. You will first begin by explaining the leadership style of management and the management's goal. You will use concepts described in the chapter to support your answer. No APA style writing is required. However, presentation, originality, and content quality is important for this assignment.