商务英语阅读（第三版）chapter_9_Human_Resource_Management教材教学课件.ppt

Chapter 9 Human Resource Management ;A warmer ;Color Quiz;RED ;GREEN ;BLACK ;GRAY;BLUE ;YELLOW;Outline ;Background introduction ;Importance of HRM;How people are managed in the workplace influences what they think about their work and their employer and therefore their behaviours and actions in the workplace. For example, does their employer invest in their training and development to improve work performance and career development? Or are the views and ideas of employees about their work listened to by employers? Do they feel that they are treated fairly and provided with equal opportunities in rewards? The answers to such questions will impact on the way people feel about their work and the kind of commitment they are willing to put into it for their employer. And conversely the way people feel about how they are managed at work and their employment relationship may generate conflict and resistance to managerial controls.;Definition of HRM ;The HR people ;Main functions of HR Department ;New challenges in contemporary HRM;Summary ;Some pre-reading questions ;The Enron scandal;Enrons stock price, which hit a high of US$90 per share in mid-2000, caused shareholders to lose nearly $11 billion when it plummeted to less than $1 by the end of November 2001. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began an investigation, and Dynegy offered to purchase the company at a fire sale price. When the deal fell through, Enron filed for bankruptcy on December 2, 2001 under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, and with assets of $63.4 billion, it was the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history until WorldComs 2002 bankruptcy. Many executives at Enron were indicted for a variety of charges and were later sentenced to prison. Enrons auditor, Arthur Andersen, was found guilty in a United States District Court, but by the time the ruling was overturned at the U.S. Supreme Court, the firm had lost the majority of its customers and had shut down (see Arthur