Human Resources Management Functions

After completing this chapter, students should be able to 

Explain the importance of human resources management in providing high-quality pharmacist services. 

Describe the role of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in managing human resources. 

Identify critical steps in the recruitment and selection of employees. 

Discuss the roles of motivation and rewards in employee performance feedback. 

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Human resources management systems for inspection differ among countries. In Australia, the same group of personnel is responsible both for licensing of manufacturers and for GMP inspection. In Cypms, Tunisia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe, GMP inspectors also carry out other dmg regulatory functions. One of the results of such an arrangement is that the different functions must compete for the employees time. Cuba, Estonia and Tunisia employ both full-lime and part-time inspectors for both functions. Other countries have full-time employees only. 

Computers were first used in laboratories to calculate results and generate reports, often from an individual instrument. As automated analysers were developed, so the level of computerization increased and computers now play a major role in the modem laboratory. They are associated with both the analytical and organizational aspects and the term Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is often used to describe this overall function. Such systems are available that link the various operations associated with the production of a validated test result, from the receipt of the sample to the electronic transmission of the report to the initiator of the request, who may be at a site removed from the laboratory. Other uses include stock control, human resource management and budgets. 

Joint management (Strategy, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources) Joint functions (Basic R D, Service Support, Group Communications, Environmental Protection. . . ) ... 

In addition to these common constraints, the OPCW is a non-career organization and has a unique provision that is called the tenure rule , under which no internationally recruited staff members, except for linguists, can be retained for more than seven years (Staff Regulation 4.4). The impact of the tenure rule on the functions of the Organisation, implemented through its internal human resources management policy as from 2003, has not yet been assessed. 

The function view is used to describe the functions and their relationships in a company. These functions fulfill the objectives of the company, such as sales, order planning, product design, part manufacturing, and human resource management. The efficient and effective operation of these functions contributes to the company s success in competing in the market. 

Table 2 shows the nature of the data usage by the MBS functions. The numbers in each ceU correspond to the numbers assigned above. The designations HRM, ERP, and PPE refer to non-MES systems of the enterprise that use some of the same data. HRM refers to human resource management systems, ERP refers to enterprise resource planning systems, and PPE refers to product and process... 

As with MRP and MRPII, there is no universal set of ERP functions. However, the fundamental characteristics of current ERP systems are i) it is packaged software which integrates the majority of a business processes, ii) it uses a data warehouse that allows real time access, and iii) it processes many of the firm s transactions and integrates them with planning. A typical ERP system contains three layers the production layer which consists mainly of manufacturing, the back-office layer which includes such core functions as human resource management and accounting, and the front-office layer which com-... 

Human Resource managers often deal with workers compensation and other insurance. They may oversee return-to-work programs following illness and injury. Overall, safety and health functions are a small, but important, element of Human Resources. The professional organization is the Society for Human Resource Management. 

The noninvolvement of staff functions and service components in hazard control can hinder success. Do not ignore a natural interface of hazard control management with other support functions such as facility management, purchasing, and human-resource management. Virtually every department and function of a modern organization contributes in some way to the effectiveness of the hazard control... 

The management concepts focus on the primary activities in the value chain. Management concepts for support functions such as human resources, information technology or corporate finance are out-of-scope in this work. The integration of support management concepts into value chain management is an area for further research. 

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