Human Resources Challenge

Human Resources is an important department with in many larger companies and one that is greatly needed for such functions as; hiring, firing, insurance, and public relations. While in the past Human Resources has been able to operate with little friction from any outside influences, it would seem over the years some new challenges for this department have complicated their fairly standard sets of operations. These challenges while difficult to deal with are may not be enough to break down the functioning capacity of human resource departments, but challenges that are being faced by Human Resources because of technology, economic relations, and job descriptions are changing at a much more rapid pace than they once did. These ever changing conditions in business is creating a great deal of strain and challenge for representatives in Human Resources because it is forcing them to find new ways to do things at less cost that will be able to keep up with the ever growing changes and demands of the economy.

“Human resource management in the 21st century presents challenges not addressed by conventional thinking about recruitment, staffing and retention” (Walberg, 2011, Para.1). In past years employees chose a job and remained their the majority of their life most of the times until the day they retired. An employee’s entire life was devoted to one job,however in the 21st century individual’s rotate in and out of several different jobs throughout a lifetime. This factor added to the “ the increasing mobility and increased access to information and this further increases the new challenges that are arising within HR operations.

Each country suffers different challenges when it comes to Human Resource challenges in areas of “ Ca...

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...nging economy,the ways of technology, and the world in general have done much to complicate matters for HR departments today and will continue to create challenges and hold ups in the future. It will take strategic planning and a great deal of adjustment to make things work out for the best in the years to come.

References

Walberg, R. (2011). The Race for Skilled Workers; The Competition for Top Employees Is Heating Up Even as Companies Eschew Old Training Methods. Retrieved on 2/21/2011 from http://www.financialpost.com/executive/smart-shift/race+skilled+workers/4104625/story.html

Steckler, S. (2010). The Leadership Challenges Facing HR: Top CHROs Share Learnings and Advice on What's Next. People and Strategy: Special Issue: Leading in a Time of Uncertainty, 33(4), 14-21. Retrieved February 21, 2011, from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 2243713411).