Green HRM

1.0 Introduction

Organizations has been shifting their focus from purely maximizing production, to minimizing energy and material waste. The organizations had realized the significance of the natural environment, and had since been interested in environmental management. At the same time, the Human Resource Management (HRM) plays a critical role in influencing the organization, in terms of the culture and the employees. Hence, to fit these environmental practices into the organization, the HR would have to step into the picture, ensuring the theories will develop into actual practices.

2.0 Human Resource Management

The Human Resource Management (HRM) is a function in an organisation that manages the use of human being as a resource. The HR department is responsible for all affairs related to the people, similar to the finance department managing the finance of the firm. The HRM plans for employees on concerns like recruitment, training, compensation, welfare, performance management, career development, and employee relations. Basically, the HR department shapes the values and culture of the organization, to enable changes or organizational developments.

2.1 Importance of HRM

The employees are the greatest asset to an organization; and hence, investments on human resources should not be omitted. HRM involves the planning of the practices and processes, which shapes the organization’s culture and values. With proper planning, the values can crumble leading to undesirable employee’s behaviours. This would greatly disrupt the organization undergoing change or development.

2.2 Organizational Change

The stages of a change, like Lewin’s change model suggests, should begin with unfreezing. To unfreeze, the HR department need to be s...

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...outcome of the planning and decision-makings. This will be greatly dependent on the ability of HR department. The HR personnels will be the executors of the green decisions, leaders of the green behaviours. The HR managers must be able to exert control to enable the change is implemented.

The most important practice is self management. To achieve organizational EM, each and every employee and stakeholder should have discipline on the green behaviours. The employees should even practice and pass on the positive green movements into their personal life. This will enhance EM on a whole new level, to change employees’ personal values and attitude towards EM. The HR manager can take a first step by making resources available to employees. The resources can be in the form of both intangible and tangible, like providing psychological support, physical assets availability.