HUMAN RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTS Human Resource Management College of

HUMAN RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTS Human Resource Management College of Public and Community Service University of Massachusetts at Boston 2008 William Holmes

TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS External Internal Static Changing

EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS: 1 Labor Market Unions Legal Mandates and Prohibitions Interest Groups

EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS: 2 Stakeholders Societal Norms Professional Ethics Competing Organizations

EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS: 3 Collaborating Organizations Demands for Service (Customers) Technology Economic and Social Change

INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS: 1 Structure of Organization Allocation of Tasks Availability of Resources Organization of Workforce Rules

INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS: 2 Development and Training Process Rewards and Benefits Structure Strategic Uses of Compensation and Benefits Adaptations to Organizational Change

LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: 1 Safety Compensation Disability Discrimination

LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: 2 Licensing Auditing Use of Resources Conflicts of Interest

LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: 3 Immigration Taxes Job Termination Privacy

LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: 4 Confidentiality Mandatory Reporting Background Checks Drug Free Workplace

NORMS, ETHICS, STANDARDS Professional Associations Licensing Boards Statutory Law Traditions and Habits Interest Groups

External Organizations Governmental Organizations Similar Non-Profits Organization Profit Oriented Organizations Advocacy Organizations

EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT MEASUREMENT Identifying Relevant Environment Projecting Environment Influence Preventing Environment Disruption Improving Environmental Effects

INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT MEASUREMENT Tracking Human Resource Utilization Projecting Human Resource Utilization Preventing Human Resource Disasters Improving Human Resource Utilization

RESOURCES ABOUT ENVIRONMENTS The Federal Human Resource Guide – http://www.hr-guide.com Society for Human Resource Management (does certification) – http://www.shrm.org