Human resource management (HRM)
accounts for almost one-third of
the Organisational Management
syllabus, so it is crucial that you familiarise
yourself with the subject, which covers the
key activities concerning the management of
people. These include human resource plan-
ning, recruitment and selection, training
and development, reward and motivation,
career and succession planning, induction,
performance appraisal, dismissal, retire-
ment and redundancy.
The fact that you will have first-hand
experience of many of these activities might
give you the impression that HRM is a
relatively easy part of the syllabus. Virtually
everyone has gone through the processes of
recruitment and selection, has experienced
some training and is familiar with the idea
of motivating people with reward systems.
This is a good thing in many ways, because
the subject matter is something to which we
can all relate. But there are hidden dangers,