And 88% assign hr personnel/hr record keeping. But employers split most activities, such as employment interviews, performance appraisal, skills training, job descriptions, and disciplinary procedures, between hr and line departments.4
Figure 1-3 illustrates the typical hr-line management partnership. For example, hr alone typically handles interviewing in about 25% of firms, but in about 60% of firms, hr and the other hiring departments both get involved in interviewing.
In summary, hr management is an integral part of every manager’s job. Whether you’re a first-line supervisor, middle manager, or president; or whether you’re a production manager, sales manager, office manager, hospital administrator, county manager (or hr manager), getting results through committed people is the name of the game. And to do this, you will need a good working knowledge of the human resource management concepts and techniques in this book.