HR 500 Trends in the Workplace
Trends in the Workplace
Specify the Key Functional areas of Human Resources Management. Explore the Manner in Which Each Function Contributes to the Overall Performance of an Organization. Support Your Response With Specific Examples of the Activities For Which HRM is Typically Responsible. A key functional areas of HRM are analysis and design of work, which consists of HRM providing the employee the expectations of the job, the job design and job descriptions. Job analysis is the process of getting information about a particular job and job design is the procedure of defining the way the work will be done and the tasks that a job requires. The example I will use for this is say a company wants to bring in a safety officer and currently doesn’t have one, then an human resource employee may look to another company that has a safety officer and seek permission to interview that person and maybe shadow that person for a couple of days just to gain more knowledge about the position and they may also try to find out the typical starting salary for an safety officer, this is part of an job analysis. Recruitment and selection is a function of HRM too, recruitment is the process in which a company looks for potential candidates for employment. Selection is the process in which a company actually chooses a candidate for a position by using measures like knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics that will help the organization achieve its goals. HRM may use the interview process, skill tests, psychological tests, drug tests to help in finalizing their decision in choosing the candidate. Training and Development is another key function in HRM. Training is a planned effort to help employees learn skills that are applicable to their jobs and Development is the acquisition of certain skills and knowledge to help a employee when certain aspects of the job changes. HRM normally provides the resources for Training and
Specify the Key Functional areas of Human Resources Management. Explore the Manner in Which Each Function Contributes to the Overall Performance of an Organization. Support Your Response With Specific Examples of the Activities For Which HRM is Typically Responsible. A key functional areas of HRM are analysis and design of work, which consists of HRM providing the employee the expectations of the job, the job design and job descriptions. Job analysis is the process of getting information about a particular job and job design is the procedure of defining the way the work will be done and the tasks that a job requires. The example I will use for this is say a company wants to bring in a safety officer and currently doesn’t have one, then an human resource employee may look to another company that has a safety officer and seek permission to interview that person and maybe shadow that person for a couple of days just to gain more knowledge about the position and they may also try to find out the typical starting salary for an safety officer, this is part of an job analysis. Recruitment and selection is a function of HRM too, recruitment is the process in which a company looks for potential candidates for employment. Selection is the process in which a company actually chooses a candidate for a position by using measures like knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics that will help the organization achieve its goals. HRM may use the interview process, skill tests, psychological tests, drug tests to help in finalizing their decision in choosing the candidate. Training and Development is another key function in HRM. Training is a planned effort to help employees learn skills that are applicable to their jobs and Development is the acquisition of certain skills and knowledge to help a employee when certain aspects of the job changes. HRM normally provides the resources for Training and