Functions of Human Resource Management in an Organization

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• INTRODUCTION

Human resource management plays a significant
role when it comes to business organization, no
matter big or small they are. The all in all
employee management, well blended with company
objectives is the prime motto of any human
resource department or human resource management
function. Development, planning, and
administration are the main core of objectives in
human resource management and this field is
highly concentrated.
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The main objectives of human resource management
are a) Effective management of human
resource. b) Maintaining the proper work
culture. c) Employee development and
motivation. The blog discusses the major
functions of human resource management. 1.
Recruitment and staffing Recruitment and staffing
are the primary functions of human resource
management. The recruitment shall be done
seamlessly and without any distinction based on
race, caste, religion, sex etc. with the
recruitment process, qualified applicants are
invited through notifications via job portals,
newspapers, social media platforms, and emails.
They are interviewed and potential candidates are
elected. There are mainly two types of
recruitment, they are internal recruitment and
external recruitment. Internal recruitment
internal recruitment is happening within an
organization. Transferring, promotion and
employee referrals are the various methods of
internal recruitment.
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External recruitment external recruitment is
regular recruitment, through which outward
candidates are elected to various posts of a
company via the regular interview process.
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2. Planning and auditing Another important
function of human resource management is the
planning and auditing. The various plans put
forward by the HR department for the fulfillment
of organizational targets are intended by
planning. It includes setting goals for
employees, tracking the employees, providing them
strategies for work fulfillment etc. The
continuous evaluation of job, recruitment,
selection, placement, training, development etc.
comes under the auditing section. It also
includes employee welfare, employee safety, the
working of trade unions and industrial relations.
An HR audit is a must to be considered if you
really envision in achieving the organization
lets. 3. Job analysis The process of describing
a job and specifying the various requirements
needed for that job is what is meant by job
analysis. The job requirements include
educational qualifications, skills, experience
etc.
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Job analysis leads to the creation of a job
description. A job description clearly defines
what a job is.
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4. Orientation, training, and development The
next function of HR will be the orientation,
training and development program of the new
recruits. With orientation, the HR makes sure
that the employee is well acquainted with the
workspace, work culture, and his job role. With
training, proper backup is provided to the
employee to make him fit for the job and with
development activity, the employee is made
competent and professionally advanced in the job
he is committed. 5. Performance
appraisal Performance appraisal is usually done
for the purpose of employee evaluation. Through
regular monitoring, the employees are evaluated
and their performance is noted. A performance
standard will be set up for each and every
employee and, it will be on the basis of this
standard that the HR will be evaluating the
employee. With the appraisal method, top
performing employees can be rewarded and
underperforming employees can be trained on their
weak points.
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6. Compensation Payment, salary, wage or
remuneration belongs to the category of
compensation. HR is also responsible for handling
these areas effectively. The right time payment
of salary is a very must to keep the goodwill of
a company. The employer is responsible for
providing remuneration and compensation. The
payment shall be strictly based on laws of the
respective countries where the organization is
functioning.
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7. Employee benefits Providing employees
deserving benefits is another function of Human
resource management. Benefits can be of various
types including complementary services like food
allowance, travel allowance, house allowance
etc., leaves of various types, incentives etc.
There are also some compulsory benefits which
shall be provided by the employer, like the
provident fund, maternity leave, minimum bonus
for an employee, workmen compensation if
employees death happens during the course of
employment etc. 8. Employee motivation A major
function of human resource management is employee
motivation. HR manager should know about the
factors which cause performance reduction from
the employee side, find a solution to those
problems and thus motivate the employees.
Motivated employees tend to work better than
normal employees. For providing motivation the HR
can introduce techniques such as providing better
working conditions, incentives, giving
recognitions etc.
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9. Record keeping The HR is also
responsible for keeping various records related
with the employees. Various documents like
application form, health records, medical
records, employment history, work hours and such
related employee data should be safely in the
reach of an HR with any time accessibility.
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10. Labour laws Labour laws are very important
and HR should have a good knowledge about labor
laws. There will be cases of issues happening in
the workplace which the HR will have to handle,
for that purpose the HR must have some knowledge
about labor laws. Also to handle the various
needs of employees like salary, leaves,
resignations etc. the HR should know about the
laws which handle those sections. So handling
labor laws is also an important function of human
resource management. These all are the major
functions carried out by the human resource
management.
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