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Human Resources Management Insights
Definition HRM:
Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organization
that focuses on recruitment of, management of, and providing direction
for the people who work in the organization. Human Resource Management
can also be performed by line managers.
Human Resource Management is the organizational function that deals with
issues related to people such as compensation, hiring, performance
management, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits,
employee motivation, communication, administration, and training.
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“Strengthening human capital and bringing about a cultural and
mindset change will be a key challenge during the plan period.” -
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (Prime minister of Malaysia. He is
informally known as Pak Lah)
“The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our
natural resources, though that tragedy is great. The truly great tragedy
is the destruction of our human resources by our failure to fully
utilize our abilities, which means that most men and women go to their
graves with their music still in them.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes
(American Physician, Poet, Writer, Humorist and Professor at Harvard,
1809-1894)
"Increased investment in infrastructure and continued investment in
human resources are needed to better leverage the state's strong capital
availability and solid research and development capacity.” - David
Buchholz
“Human capital is a core corporate asset, just like financial and
physical assets. As such, it must be managed the way companies manage
other assets. This requires thinking strategically about how to invest
in human capital, and figuring out how to optimize and measure its
return.” - Allan Schweyer
“Analytical software enables you to shift human resources from rote
data collection to value-added customer service and support where the
human touch makes a profound difference.” - Bill Gates (American
Entrepreneur and Founder of Microsoft Co., b.1955)
“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in
education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.” - John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (American 35th US President (1961-63),
1917-1963)
“The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's
opportunities and make the most of one's resources.” - Vauvenargues,
Marquis de (French moralist and essayist, 1715-1747)
“Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which
human beings have available to them for blowing their minds” - Susan
Sontag (American Writer, Activist and Critic, 1933-2004)
“What could our worst enemy do to damage this strong and beautiful
country? He could do no better than to get us to squander our human and
natural resources on dubious missions and then trick us into plugging
our ears against the howls of those who ob” - Ethel Grodzins Romm
“For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is
human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are
devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.” -
Jimmy Carter (American 39th US President (1977-81). Nobel Prize
for Peace in 2002. b.1924)
“The human mind is our fundamental resource.” - John Fitzgerald
Kennedy (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)
“The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices
about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you
activate vast human energies and resources, which otherwise go
untapped.” - Robert Fritz
“There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has
been set free.” - Hubert H. Humphrey (American 38th US Vice
President under Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-69) and US Senator from
Minnesota (1949-64, 1971-78). 1911-1978)
“For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty,
illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The
current intensification of global economic integration has demonstrated
that there is enough knowledge, technology and capital to bring
development to all the people of the world.” - Clare Short
(British Labour Party Politician, b.1946)
“Our core businesses achieved solid financial and operational
performance during the first six months of our fiscal year, driven by
the strong investment sales market, significant new business assignments
from existing and new clients and healthy recruiting gains. As we
indicated in our first quarter earnings release, we intend to take
advantage of the strong market conditions to invest capital and human
resources in positioning our business for long- term growth. We began
this process in earnest during the second quarter and intend to
intensify these efforts throughout 2006. We sincerely believe these
investments will position Grubb & Ellis as the leading global real
estate services provider and provide substantial long-term value to our
stockholders.” - Mark Rose
“The spotlight is often on the talent acquisition, development, and
retention challenges faced by large organizations. But small and
mid-sized businesses also confront many human capital management issues.
We're pleased Sage Software, a company focused on HR and payroll
solutions for small and mid-sized businesses and organizations, will
fund this track aimed at addressing the specialized and unique talent
management needs of these organizations.” - Allan Schweyer
“Corporate success is directly linked to an organization's ability to
effectively implement a global talent management strategy. Through its
efforts, HCI has established itself as a leader in the human capital
arena. We readily continue our support to further arm global
organizations with useful information and best practices to ensure that
talent continues to drive successful business results.” - Jeff Carr
“In sponsoring Human Capital Institute's educational efforts, we are
able to help educate small and mid-sized businesses on ways they can
improve their talent-management processes and practices. Powerful
technology solutions exist for companies with growing workforces and
specific needs and challenges. It is excellent that HCI has created a
learning track just for them.” - Ray Jimison
“Companies historically have supplemented their administrative HR
applications (personnel, payroll and benefits) with niche talent
management applications. They want fewer, more-integrated solutions to
support more-strategic human capital management.” - Jim Holincheck
“Emotional intelligence plays an important role in a well-balanced
and productive workplace, as well as in leadership development. We're
pleased that Multi-Health Systems, a company with a long history of
understanding the necessity of developing non-cognitive skills to
achieve professional success, is supporting this track where we will
help employers gain insight into emotional intelligence and its
bottom-line impact through human capital.” - Allan Schweyer
“The study shows that the quality of schooling that these individuals
are receiving according to beauty is influencing the extent of their
human capital when they enter the labor market after school.” - Naci
Mocan
“Gas reserves aren't sustainable ... the only sustainable resource is
human capital.” - Robert Baxter
“Rock for Life's mission is to educate, activate, mobilize and unite
the youth of our nation to fight the culture of death. Young activists
from across the country will gather in our nation's capital this weekend
to speak out against the assault on the most essential human right - the
right to life.” - Erik Whittington
“We are reaching a critical point. The number of births now
determines what happens in the next decade-and-a-half to two decades.
You can't revise it afterwards. The availability of human capital will
get worse, and act as a brake on growth.” - Michael Hüther
“You cannot have human capital walk out of your door every evening
without having them come back in the morning.” - Siddhartha Roy
“We have the best economy in the world. Part of that is we believe in
making sure we use human capital efficiently and not (wasting) talent
through gender or racial discrimination.” - Cari M. Dominguez
“Their format is not only capital-intensive, it's people-intensive.
Literally, they can't train people fast enough. Even if they have access
to capital, from a human resources standpoint, they can't grow any
faster.” - Neil Stern
“The National Human Capital Summit will feature some of the most
provocative and insightful thought leaders in the industry, and will
boast an audience of more than 1,000 senior-level human capital
practitioners. With this sponsorship, we'll gain additional visibility
at the event and augment the exposure provided by our executive
presenters.” - Brian Graham
"Grow Fast Grow Right's educational events and training are organized
around three pillars: financial capital, intellectual capital and human
capital. We believe that the products and services offered by Profiles
International address those pillars -- specifically human capital.” -
Andrew Sherman
“These standards, when achieved, will contribute towards the
development and progress of the Kingdom and its human capital, which is
the main asset of this nation.” - Shaikh Ahmed
“Unlike ecological capital which humans do not create, social capital
is created by people and can be grown virtually at will; we can always
adjust its supply in order to meet our needs. Thus, the gaps that must
be closed in the case of social capital are not gaps between what we are
stuck with and what we use; they are gaps between what we need and what
we have decided to produce or make available.” - Mark McElroy
Management learning starts as science then transforms into art.
Begins as psychology and matures as a philosophy - Med Yones, President
of International Institute of Management
“Cement companies are not often noted for their superior human
capital management practices. But even more remarkable is that a Greek
cement company made it into the European top 100.” -Susan Levermann
“The dependency of organizations on the engagement and productivity
of its workforce makes attention to human capital during organizational
change a critical priority.” - Allan Schweyer
“We're good at forecasting paths of hurricanes, but we're not as good
at predicting intensity and the impact. Take Katrina. There was a
massive migration of human capital out of a region. What are the
long-term effects?” - Michael Crosby
“We have to look at the reasons companies are moving overseas. It
used to be a cost issue. Now it's a human capital issue. They aren't
moving there for low-cost labor. They are moving there because they can
find high-quality candidates.” - Justin Wright
“We have taken immediate steps to reduce and control our expenses
while ensuring that we have sufficient human and capital resources in
place to appropriately support our current corporate objectives. We no
longer see a need to establish a commercial infrastructure in the
near-term, therefore we are adjusting our cost structure to
appropriately reflect the stages of our clinical and pre-clinical
development programs.” - William Johnston
“Although strong revenue growth is expected, some industrial
manufacturers are taking a more cautious approach concerning investments
of capital and human resources, likely due to the lack of stability in
energy costs.” - Jorge Milo
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