Bus303: Human Resources Management Final Paper
Final Reflection Paper: Human Resources and its Functions
Joshua Barrows
BUS303: Human Resources Management
Samantha Duhn
Monday April 22, 2013
The primary function of human resources management is to increase the effectiveness and the contribution of employees, which are in alignment with the organizations goals and objectives. With in human resources management, there are many components or pieces of the puzzle that allow human resources management to exist. Such pieces of the puzzle include, equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, human resources planning, recruitment, selection, development, compensation, benefits, safety, health and benefits. Each of which will be discussed. In human resource management, organizations focus a lot of time and resources finding the right candidate that would occupy the position. Employers are looking for an employee who can manage to fulfill the organizations vision. In this case, once an employee is selected for the position, human resource mangers with in organizations focus on training employees to complete the job efficiently. In addition, employers also allocate funding to the recruiting employees who qualify for the position. Human resources management also may be able to provide organizations with the competitiveness they need to be effective in the job market. Functions such as employment, opportunity, affirmative action, human resources planning, and recruitment, selection, training and development, compensation and benefits, safety, health, and employee labor relations all play together to perform that primary function. They are all important, but some areas have more important than the others, in which shapes the characteristic of employee behaviors with in organizations. Human resource management wants to also make sure that the employees that are being hired in the process are in alignment with the organizations mission and vision.
As an employee seeking a new job, many factors come into mind
Joshua Barrows
BUS303: Human Resources Management
Samantha Duhn
Monday April 22, 2013
The primary function of human resources management is to increase the effectiveness and the contribution of employees, which are in alignment with the organizations goals and objectives. With in human resources management, there are many components or pieces of the puzzle that allow human resources management to exist. Such pieces of the puzzle include, equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, human resources planning, recruitment, selection, development, compensation, benefits, safety, health and benefits. Each of which will be discussed. In human resource management, organizations focus a lot of time and resources finding the right candidate that would occupy the position. Employers are looking for an employee who can manage to fulfill the organizations vision. In this case, once an employee is selected for the position, human resource mangers with in organizations focus on training employees to complete the job efficiently. In addition, employers also allocate funding to the recruiting employees who qualify for the position. Human resources management also may be able to provide organizations with the competitiveness they need to be effective in the job market. Functions such as employment, opportunity, affirmative action, human resources planning, and recruitment, selection, training and development, compensation and benefits, safety, health, and employee labor relations all play together to perform that primary function. They are all important, but some areas have more important than the others, in which shapes the characteristic of employee behaviors with in organizations. Human resource management wants to also make sure that the employees that are being hired in the process are in alignment with the organizations mission and vision.
As an employee seeking a new job, many factors come into mind
Cited: San Diego County Human Resources 2013 (http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/hr/) <Retrieved April 2013> Youssef, C. (2012). Human resource management. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education.