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2.1 Functions & evolution of HRM

2.1 Functions & evolution of HRM

Learning outcomes

"The world is moving at a tremendous rate. Going no one knows where. We must prepare our children, not for the world of the past. Not for our world. But for their world. The world of the future."
- John Dewey (1859 - 1952), American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer

In this unit of the IB Business Management syllabus, students learn about how business organizations plan their human resource needs, from recruiting, training, appraising and dismissing or retrenching their employees. The CUEGIS concepts of innovation, ethics and culture are considered.

Note: This is one of the largest units in the IB Business Management syllabus (in terms of content coverage), so needs to be planned very carefully to ensure all learning outcomes are covered in the time you have.

The learning outcomes (or assessment objectives) for this section of the IB Business Management syllabus are:

  • Human resource planning (workforce planning) (AO1)
  • Labour turnover (AO2)
  • Internal and external factors that influence human resource planning (such as demographic change, change in labour mobility, new communication technologies) (AO3)
  • Common steps in the process of recruitment (AO2)

  • The following types of training (AO2):
    • on the job (including induction and mentoring)
    • off the job
    • cognitive
    • behavioural

  • The following types of appraisal (AO2):
    • formative
    • summative
    • 360-degree feedback
    • self-appraisal

  • Common steps in the processes of dismissal and redundancy (AO1)
  • How work patterns, practices and preferences change and how they affect the employer and employees (such as teleworking, flexitime, migration for work) (AO2)
  • Outsourcing, offshoring and reshoring as human resource strategies (AO3)
  • How innovation, ethical considerations and cultural differences may influence human resource practices and strategies in an organization. (AO3)
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