Line Managers and the Application of the Harvard HRM Model

Abstract

The line managers are the leaders who are in contact with the human capital in organizations and the performance and sustainability of the organizations depend on their ability to lead the followers in task performance. The 21^st Century organizations are working in teams and the managers are members of the teams and it is important that they should know how to manage the human resources for the high performance of the organization. This paper is a study of the role of line managers in their Human Resources Management practices, the effects on the individuals and the organizations, and the impacts of applying the Harvard Human Resources Management (HRM) model. The paper discusses on how the line managers can use the model to understand their roles as pertains to the human capital. The purpose of this study is to enlighten the line managers on what is expected of them on the line of human resources and to highlight that they are responsible to the organization for the effective performance of the tasks and the sustainability of the organization.