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HR Disciplines 

SHRM's Health Care Reform Page

Prospects for reform of the U.S. health care system are changing almost daily. SHRM has created a web page with the latest news and analysis about the reform effort, as well as resources for HR professionals to use as proposals move through Congress and after enactment. Research documents, tools, advocacy information and educational opportunities regarding health care reform are among the features of the SHRM health care reform page

  Benefits

SHRM Online’s Benefits Discipline deals with the various forms of indirect employee compensation—commonly referred to as “benefits”—that employers use to attract, recognize and retain workers. It includes designing and administering benefits such as paid leave, insurance, retirement income and various employee services, as well as various benefits mandated by federal, state and local laws and regulations.

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 Business Leadership

SHRM Online’s Business Leadership Discipline deals—from an enterprise perspective—with the processes and activities used to formulate objectives, practices and policies aimed at meeting short- and long-range organizational needs and opportunities, and focused in particular on human capital issues. It includes the strategic planning process and the process of aligning the human capital management plan with the strategic plan.

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 Compensation

SHRM Online’s Compensation Discipline deals with the various forms of direct compensation—that is, employees’ pay—that employers use to attract, recognize and retain workers. It includes designing and administering compensation systems including base pay, differential and incentive pay, and overtime.

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 Consulting

SHRM Online’s Consulting Discipline deals with the practice of delivering all aspects of human resource management as an external provider, and with the professional and business issues associated with operating such a practice, including client development, contracts, client management and the like.

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 Diversity

SHRM Online’s Diversity Discipline deals with the differences and similarities that make individuals unique, such as individual and organizational characteristics, values, beliefs, experiences, backgrounds, preferences and behaviors, as well as how organizations can leverage those qualities in support of business objectives.

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 Employee Relations

SHRM Online’s Employee Relations Discipline deals with maintaining a positive, productive and cohesive work environment. It includes the processes of analyzing, developing, implementing and administering the employer-employee relationship; performing continuing evaluation of it; managing employee performance; ensuring that relations with employees comply with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations; and resolving workplace disputes.

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 Ethics & Sustainability

SHRM Online’s Ethics and Sustainability Discipline deals with organizational and personal values and their expression in business decision making and behavior. It emphasizes organizational codes of ethics but includes relevant legal requirements. This discipline deals with the social impact of business decisions in the area of employment practices, corporate governance, and sustainability and philanthropy, as well as with the role of the human resource profession in improving the quality of life of employees, their families and the community at large.

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 Global HR

SHRM Online’s Global HR Discipline deals with all aspects of HR within the worldwide context—including U.S.-based entities doing business internationally and non-U.S.-based entities operating in their own locale or worldwide. It includes matters such as management of global workforces, expatriation and repatriation, HR practices and laws around the world, and those arising in specific countries and regions.

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 Labor Relations

SHRM Online’s Labor Relations Discipline deals with the elements of formal labor-management relations—protected activities, unfair practices, union organizing, recognition and representation elections—as well as collective bargaining and contract administration.

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 Organizational & Employee Development 

SHRM Online’s Organizational and Employee Development Discipline deals with organizational performance and the means by which it develops its human resources. Resources address improving organizational effectiveness and training employees to meet current and future job demands. Other resources address change management, coaching, leadership development, succession planning, social networking, knowledge management, measurement systems and outsourcing employee development.

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 Safety & Security

SHRM Online’s Safety and Security Discipline deals with enterprise and employee safety and security. It includes the organization’s efforts to prevent and/or mitigate loss, risk to or from personnel, threats to its physical assets, damage to its technology and intellectual property, and risks arising from all elements surrounding the work environment.

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 Staffing Management

SHRM Online’s Staffing Management Discipline deals with strategies, tactics and processes for sourcing, recruiting, hiring and retaining the human resources needed to support business objectives as home and abroad. It includes sources on pre-employment screening and testing, contingent staffing, retention strategies, recruitment technologies, recruitment process outsourcing and workforce planning.

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 Technology

SHRM Online’s Technology Discipline deals with the use of technology of all types and in all functional areas of human resources in support of human resource and business goals. It includes matters involving human resource information systems, automated scheduling and timekeeping systems, the technology aspects of workplace security, trends in technology, effective practices, and vendor and software selection.

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 About HR Disciplines

We have organized content on the SHRM web site according to the HR Disciplines featured on this page.  Previously known as “Forums” or “Focus Areas,” the Disciplines feature content from the entire spectrum of HR-related topics. You may use this section in two ways:

  1. Visit these sections every day to see the latest news, feature articles, videos, webcasts and other features highlighting topics in each of these categories.  In addition, you may sign up for the periodic e-mail newsletters associated with most HR Disciplines to get timely news and information in these areas.
  2. Use the left-hand navigation on this page to browse by topic and subtopic.  You can find a variety of information from throughout the SHRM web site, including research findings, toolkits, sample forms and other resources.

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 Webcasts

Janice PresserHuman Capital Measurement: Empowering the HR Professional
Presenter: Dr. Janice Presser, The Gabriel Institute (TGI)
Date: August 2008

When it comes to human capital, HR has long been responsible for measuring, but often what's been counted are the day-to-day things like head counts, raises in health insurance, number of vacation days and others with limited or no real business strategy context. In this presentation, Dr. Janice Presser introduces the fundamentals of measurement, and then takes an in-depth look at each step in the strategic process of human capital measurement.
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Recruitment Strategies for Small Business
Presenter: Christopher W. Pritchard, SPHR
Now available

Small businesses must compete in the talent market with large firms with sophisticated recruitment strategies, fulltime recruiters and expansive hiring budget. Yet, much of the new job creation in the United States takes place in small companies, with limited recruiting budgets and few, if any, people dedicated to the recruiting process. This webcast reviews candidate-sourcing tips and tricks that small companies can use. It will also review how small companies can tap into a diverse workforce and apply the same retention strategies their large-size competitors use.
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The Best Small & Medium Places to Work
Presenter: Robert Levering
Now available
In the July issue of HR Magazine, SHRM identifies the "Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America" as selected and ranked by the Great Place to Work Institute Inc. Join us as we take a look at the companies that made the list, what makes them truly great places to work and the policies and practices they use that you can apply in your own workplace.
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