EHRM Model

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5. Early Management of Human Factors in Lean Systems The academic discipline of Human Resources Management (HRM) has grown up around the needs of managers to hire, motivate and develop people with the talents that organizations need. Human factor capabilities are critical for growing and renewing organizations, resulting HRM as an essential function in organizations (Boxall, 2014). The view that people are organization’s most important assets and that their effective development and deployment offers a distinctive and non-imitable competitive advantage, has spurred interest in the effective management of human resources. A growing number of studies reporting a positive relationship between human resource practices and corporate performance…show more content…
The focus of activities geared towards the human resources management is concentrated in the People Development pillar (WCM systems), i.e. the Education & Training pillar (TPM system). The aim of these activities is to better exploit and improve the available human resources by introducing the principle of all employees’ involvement and the principle of continuous improvement (Kaizen). These are all assumptions and preconditions crucial for progression and implementation of EHRM model. Development of EHRM model starts with the fact that Early Management concept should have two segments and two focuses. The first one is existing Early Equipment Management (EEM), which has to include HF and Ergonomics as equally important preconditions during the design and installation of new equipment. The second is non-existing, but even more important, Early Human Resources Management (EHRM). Proposed EHRM model is intended to enhance the current level of knowledge, skills and expertise of human resources throughout active involvement of Lean companies in the process of HF…show more content…
Therefore, the authors have introduced the model and idea of Early Human Resources Management (EHRM model), which is designed through the integration of concepts of Early Management and Human Resources development (concentrated in the pillar of People Development in WCM systems and pillar Education and Training in TPM systems). The proposed EHRM model is a framework necessary for modern Lean (WCM/TPM) industrial systems to leave their current passive approach and, by intensifying cooperation with educational institutions, actively engage in the process of providing, developing and integrating human resources of the required level of knowledge and competencies. EHRM model is using the Vertical start-up (VSU) principle to enable drastic reduction of time from initial development of human resources at the educational institutions until reaching their full potential and achieving desired level of competencies before actual employment in Lean industrial systems. Thus, Lean companies will conduct Early Management of human resources throughout active participation in the process of human factor training and education at educational institutions and empower their effective and efficient transition from academic to industrial environment. New employees will immediately
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