701 Assessment A Managing People
Learning Outcome 1: Role and Importance of Human Resource Management.
Question 1:
Human resource management is the role within an organization that focuses on recruitment, management and providing direction for the people who work in that organization. The main purpose of the human resource management is to deal with issues related to people or employees such as compensation, hiring, performance management, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, administration, and training.
The human resource management department is responsible for many people related issues in an organization. Under the departments responsibilities are the following roles.
The process of recruiting suitable candidates for the organization
Identifying and meeting the training needs of existing staff
Ensuring employees welfare and employee relations are positive
Ensure the working environment is safe for employees
Raising awareness of current workplace legislation
The human resource management department covers five key roles. These are:
Executive role – in this role the human resource department are considered as the specialists in the areas that involves human resources or people management.
Audit role – in this capacity the human resource department will check other departments and the organization as a whole to ensure all human resource policies are being carried out in accordance with the company’s human resource policy, such as Health & Safety, Training, and Staff Appraisal.
Facilitator role – in this role, the Human resource department helps and facilitates other departments to achieve goals and standards as placed out in the human resource policies of the organization. This will involve training being delivered for issues that arise in the areas relating to people management.
Consultancy role – the human resource department will advice managers on how to tackle specific managing people issues professionally.
Question 1:
Human resource management is the role within an organization that focuses on recruitment, management and providing direction for the people who work in that organization. The main purpose of the human resource management is to deal with issues related to people or employees such as compensation, hiring, performance management, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, administration, and training.
The human resource management department is responsible for many people related issues in an organization. Under the departments responsibilities are the following roles.
The process of recruiting suitable candidates for the organization
Identifying and meeting the training needs of existing staff
Ensuring employees welfare and employee relations are positive
Ensure the working environment is safe for employees
Raising awareness of current workplace legislation
The human resource management department covers five key roles. These are:
Executive role – in this role the human resource department are considered as the specialists in the areas that involves human resources or people management.
Audit role – in this capacity the human resource department will check other departments and the organization as a whole to ensure all human resource policies are being carried out in accordance with the company’s human resource policy, such as Health & Safety, Training, and Staff Appraisal.
Facilitator role – in this role, the Human resource department helps and facilitates other departments to achieve goals and standards as placed out in the human resource policies of the organization. This will involve training being delivered for issues that arise in the areas relating to people management.
Consultancy role – the human resource department will advice managers on how to tackle specific managing people issues professionally.
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