1. INTRODUCTION As we know, the term ‘human resource management’ underlines a belief that people really make the difference, only people among other resources have the capacity to generate value. However, the human resource management is considered as the ‘Cinderella’ in the organization as its importance has not been discovered by the senior managers, in addition, it has to share responsibilities with line managers, sometimes it takes more work than it is expected. Actions should be taken to help the Cinderella find her glass shoes. 2. THE ROLE OF THE HRM Human resource management (HRM), as defined by Bratton, J. & Gold, J. (2003), is “A strategic approach to managing employment relations which emphasizes that leveraging people’s capabilities is critical to achieving sustainable competitive advantage, this being achieved through a distinctive set of integrated employment policies, programmes and practices.” According to this definition, we can see that human resource management should not merely handle recruitment, pay, and discharging, but also should maximize the use of an organization's human resources in a more strategic level. To describe what the HRM does in the organization, Ulrich, D. & Brocklebank, W. (2005) have outlined some of the HRM roles such as employee advocate, human capital developer, functional expert, strategic partner and HR leader etc. It seems that HRM is so crucial to the organization, for what it does has nearly covered all aspects of the business – from strategic planning to the training and development, but unfortunately, its importance has not been accepted by everyone. As proposed by Morton, C, Newall, A. & Sparkes, J. (2001) there are three different views of HR function within the... ... middle of paper ... ...ctober 2006, Reference: 3836, London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development • Torrington, D. Hall, L. & Taylor, S. (2005) Human Resource Management. Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall • Ulrich, D. & Brocklebank, W. (2005) Role Call. People Management, Vol. 16, June, pp.24 – 28 7. APPENDIX I Survey: How do you think your CEO would score the performance of the HR function? Source: Tamkin, P, Reilly, P. & Strebler, M. (2006) The Changing HR Function: The Key Questions. Change Agenda, Issued: October 2006, Reference: 3836, London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development 8. APPENDIX II HR & Line – Where does responsibility rest? (% Respondent) Source: CIPD. (2003) HR Survey: Where We Are, Where We’re Heading. Survey Report. Issued: October 2003, Reference: 2872, London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
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“Hr is shifting from focusing on the organisation of the business to focusing on the business of the organisation” (Zulmohd 2011). David Ulrich points out four distinctive roles of HR which makes the organisation most effective and produce competitive advantage. He planned to change the structure of HR function and build HR around roles. The four key HR roles identified by Ulrich, one HR business partner/strategic partner – aligning HR and business strategy which plays an important role in setting strategic direction. It builds strategic relationship with clients and strategically manages the development of the workforce. The second key role is administrative expert which creates and must deliver effective HR processes made to tailor business needs. It also involves managing people and HR related costs. To continue to the third key role, change agent which understands the organisations culture, and takes the responsibility to communicate those changes internally and gain its employees trust. The final key role identified by Ulrich is employee advocate which is a core in HR role represents employees and helps to improve their experience, protect employees’ interests and confirm strategic initiatives are well balanced. Employee advocates must also “ensure fair, ethical and equitable people processes and practices.” “David Ulrich’s HR Model is about defining the HR roles and
A wide-ranging Human Resource Management Strategy plays a fundamental role in the attainment of an organisation 's overall strategic objective and perceptibly illustrates that the human resources function fully understand and support the route along which an organisation is moving. A comprehensive HRM Strategy will also sustain other specific strategic objectives undertaken by the marketing, financial, operational and technology departments.
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HRM (Human Resource Management) deals with a wide range of issues, it is difficult to determine the exact definition as it varies from organization to organization. Storey (2007, p. 3) describes it as "two main forms of existence. One is in the form of academic discourse and activity. The other is in the form of practice in organizations". Training and Development and Managing Teams are important concepts of HRM, this essay will be exploring how these two concepts of HRM contribute to the effectiveness in organization.
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“Human resource management is the process of employing people, training them, compensating them, developing policies relating to them, and developing strategies to retain them” (Diaz, 2012). In recent years, there has been a dramatic shift in the human resource function. Traditionally, management viewed the HR function as purely administrative and professional. Human resource managers continually transform and adapt to the ever changing workforce demands. Human resource management is a vital asset to any organization, as they are a strategic partner that enhances the skills of an organization helping to ensure the organization’s success. Human resource managers are tasked with being versatile enough to switch
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.
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Human resource management is a wide and significant concept that allows organizations to execute business procedures to be at its best. It is necessary that proper balance be formed in order to allow organization to grow and expand at a continuous manner. This means a lot from the perspective of seeing to it that the control is likely to be formed upon one or the other relevant areas as well. Primarily, human resource management aims upon raising the effectiveness and involvement of employees just as to make goals and objectives achievable and attainable.
Human resource management (HRM) is a strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization’s most valued assets: the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of its objectives. (Armstrong, 2009) HRM main features are an emphasis on the vital administration of individuals which attains fit or reconciliation between the business and the HR system, developing the integrated HR policies and working on it, treating people as an assets not as a cost because they are regarded as a basis of competitive advantage and as human capital to be invested in through the provision of learning and development opportunities, an employee relation should be unitary rather than pluralist it is assumed that employees share the same interest as employers and the HRM performance and delivery is same as a line management responsibilities. OK