Human Resource Management

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: A, ( Atlantic International University ), course: Human Resource Management, language: English, abstract: Human resource management is basically a way of managing humans at their work place in search of performance and rating it well in order to also remunerate them well. According to Boxall et al (2007), HR is management of work and people in order to meet a desired end. In other words HRM is a systematic approach that consists of processes that are basically in all organizations, for example, selection, appraisal, rewards and development.

Armstrong, Michael and Boxall et al have similar views on the description of what HRM is all about. They both cover issues of selection and recruitment, reward management, learning and development, employee relations and many more. Armstrong, Michael also adds issues of the roles of line managers and the function of HR.