Managing Human Resources

Authors

Patricia Allard, Texas Health Center
Mary G. Harper, Association for Nursing Professional DevelopmentFollow
Charlene Smith, St. John Fisher UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2016

Keywords

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Abstract

Chapter 6:

Managing human resources in the nursing professional development (NPD) department involves many factors and is a major function of the NPD department head. Human resources (HR) incorporates the activities involved in managing personnel and includes such operations as

• recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, promoting, retaining, and terminating staff
• planning staffing for departments
• managing employee relations
• coaching, educating, and developing staff
• analyzing jobs and developing position descriptions
• conducting competency assessments and performance appraisals
• engaging in succession planning (Finkelman, 2016; Gabel, 2013; Stiner-Chapman & Koch, 2013)

Comments

Charlene Smith is also co-editor of this book.

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Publication Information

Allard, Patricia; Harper, Mary G.; and Smith, Charlene (2016). "Managing Human Resources." Leadership in Nursing Professional Development: An Organizational and System Focus , 134-168.

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