what sort of organisations?
Human Resources?
People
Assets in an organisation
People with lives of their own
Records in an HR database
how much of people?
full time? 
part-time?
shift work
home - working
how much do we need to know?
who keeps it up to date?
how does the info get in?
confidential?
mobile working
Who tells us how to employ them?
How do they talk to us?
Do they like their work?
are they working hard?
performance
and 
motivation
employee relations
people resourcing
employment law
how do we find them?
recruitment and selection
how do they know what to do?
learning and development
HR information systems
what should we pay them?
employee reward