HRM 386 Lecture Notes: Introduction to Human Resource Management 2026 Athabasca University
HRM 386 Unit 1 : Introduction to HRM Objectives : 1. Explain why organizations and individuals enter into employment relationships 2. Explain what the word resource in the term human resource management suggest about the nature of the employment relationship 3. Explain in what ways women are typically disadvantaged in employment relationships and the factors that explain this disadvantage Key words: Capacity to work Capital Capitalist economy Employment relationship Gender-based analysis Human resource management Labour Labour market Labour process Male norm Non-standard employment Pluralism Precarious employment Production Profit impretaive Remuneration Social reproduction Unitarism