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If these HR programs are appropriately designed and implemented, the organization will have an efficient workforce that serves as a primary strength in competitive markets.
2. Comprehension check.
Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
a) One of the functions of human resource management is to predict the organization’s future demand for staff. b) Selecting programs involve developing the proficiency necessary for doing the work of the company. c) Performance assessment is the judgement about how an employee is working. d) The main goal of working out a good human resource program is to comply with the law. e) The company’s effective employees act as a key force in competitive markets.
3. Read the text once again. Find words in the text that mean the same as the following.
Vocabulary 2 1. Match up each of the words and phrases in A to its synonym or an explanation for it in B. Use your dictionary if necessary.
A B
Pre-listening task Work in small groups. Discuss which of the following can be immediate reasons for the increased role of HRM.
HRM is becoming more and more important to business because...
a. presently, business operations require the use of new technology. b. companies with relatively high labour costs can compete with companies that have low labour costs only by having skilled employees. c. it is HRM that deals with finding skilled work force. d. experienced employees demand high payment for their work. e. human resource managers take care of training qualified employees. f. many companies have to make laws affecting employment decisions. g. laws relating to employment are too difficult to understand. h. HRM can arrange that an organization keeps to existing laws that have to do with employment decisions.
Listening T1 [2] The text you are going to hear explains why human resource management is important. Listen to it and answer the questions.
Date: 2015-01-02; view: 1390
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