Interview With a Human Resources Manger

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How well a business manages its assets and resources predicates its overall success. Companies that spend financial resources foolishly are apt to find themselves in bankruptcy. Companies that work capital equipment resources beyond the machine’s capabilities or for other than intended purposes are apt to experience downtime and/or lose the equipment to failure. The same premise holds true for a company’s human assets. However, unlike other company assets, which depreciate over time, human assets appreciate over time when managed properly. The article, Importance of Human Resource Investment for Organizations and Economy: A critical Analysis, explains the importance of managing human assets as follows: Organizations’ other resources can be hired, retained and discarded at any time but human resources needs special treatment. It needs to be carefully hired, deserve an extra effort to retain it and requires training & development to upgrade and improve its capabilities. Other resources depreciate with the passage of time but when the human resource gains more and more experience, it becomes more beneficial for the organizations. These characteristics have brought human resources to be the central element for the success of an organization. (Mohammed, Bhatti, Jariko, and Zehri, 2013, pg. 129, para. 2) In an effort to gain a working understanding of the Human Resources field, I chose to interview the Director of Human Resources for an organization in Miami, Florida. What I learned goes far beyond any classroom or textbook instruction. It is clear; the field of Human Resources will never be static, as society, technology, and legal environments change, so will the field of Human Resources. I recently had the opp... ... middle of paper ... ...s quite an interesting statement for me, because I never considered myself a bad listener. This interview process provided me quite a lot of insight into the field of Human Resources and has given me one more item to add to my bucket list…become a better listener. Works Cited Drug & Alcohol Rehab of Miami (2013). Retrieved October 20, 2013, from http://www.miami.rehabalcoholdrug.com/ Rhodes, M. (2013, October 23). Personal Interview Gesell, I.. (2010). How to Lead When the Generation Gap Becomes Your Everyday Reality. The Journal for Quality and Participation, 32(4), 21-24. Retrieved October 23, 2013 from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 1961218601). Mohammed, J., Bhatti, M., Jariko, G., & Zehri, A. (2013). Importance of Human Resource Investment for Organizations and Economy: A Critical Analysis. Journal Of Managerial Sciences, 7(1), 127-133.

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