Human resource management focuses on securing, maintaining, and utilizing an effective work force, which organizations cannot survive without. Human resource management involves a variety of activities, which include recruitment, and screening of prospective employees, the study of training needs, preparing human resource forecasts, the development of compensation systems, and an understanding of the laws that effect the performance of these activities. The human resource management function has evolved significantly since the early 1900s. The need …showed first 75 words of 1113 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1113 total…most important asset: people (Kaponya). Works Cited Dessler, Gary. Human Resource Management, Eighth Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000. Hall, Douglas T. Human Resource Management. Glenview: Foresman, 1986. Kaponya, Paul G. The Human Resource Professional. New York: Praeger, 1991. Silver, Judith. "With Process Analysis, Navy Will Learn From Business." Apollo Library InfoTrac OneFile 22 June 2000. 31 July 2003. <http://web4.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/571/333/39217227w4/purl=rc2_ITOF_1_navy+improvement+criteria_xx&dyn=sig!2?sw_aep=uphoenix>