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What is Human Resource Management
The process of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization.
Human Resource Management includes conducting job analyses, planning personnel needs, recruiting the right
people for the job, orienting and training, managing wages and salaries, providing benefits and incentives,
evaluating performance, resolving disputes, and communicating with all employees at all levels. Examples of core
qualities of HR management are extensive knowledge of the industry, leadership, and effective negotiation skills.
Formerly called personnel management.

Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/human-resource-management-HRM.html
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The Role of Human Resource Management in Organizations
by Audra Bianca; Updated March 13, 2018

Human resources managers oversee the most important component of a successful business — a productive,
thriving workforce. The role of human resource management in organizations is to organize people so that they
can effectively perform work activities. This requires viewing people as human assets, not costs to the
organization. Looking at people as assets is part of contemporary human resource management and human
capital management.

Role of Human Resource Management
The human resources management team suggests to the management team how to strategically manage people
as business resources. This includes managing recruiting and hiring employees, coordinating employee benefits
and suggesting employee training and development strategies. In this way, HR professionals are consultants, not
workers in an isolated business function; they advise managers on many issues related to employees and how
they help the organization achieve its goals.
Working Together
At all levels of the organization, managers and HR professionals work together to develop employees' skills.
For example, HR professionals advise managers and supervisors how to assign employees to different roles in
the organization, thereby helping the organization adapt successfully to its environment. In a flexible
organization, employees are shifted around to different business functions based on business priorities and
employee preferences.


Commitment Building
HR professionals also suggest strategies for increasing employee commitment to the organization. This begins
with using the recruiting process or matching employees with the right positions according to their
qualifications. Once hired, employees must be committed to their jobs and feel challenged throughout the year
by their manager.
Building Capacity
An HRM team helps a business develop a competitive advantage, which involves building the capacity of the
company so it can offer a unique set of goods or services to its customers. To build the an effective human
resources, private companies compete with each other in a "war for talent." It's not just about hiring talent; this
game is about keeping people and helping them grow and stay committed over the long term.
Addressing Issues
Human resource management requires strategic planning to address not only the changing needs of an employer
but also a constantly shifting competitive job market. Employee benefit packages must be continually assessed

, for costs to the employer. Tweaking the packages also provides an opportunity to increase employee retention
through the addition of vacation days, flexible working arrangements or retirement plan enhancements. For
example, in recent years many human resource professionals have oversaw the addition of preventative health
components to traditional health plans for both employment recruitment and retention efforts.
About the Author

Audra Bianca has been writing professionally since 2007, with her work covering a variety of subjects and
appearing on various websites. Her favorite audiences to write for are small-business owners and job searchers.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master of Public Administration from a Florida public university.
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/role-human-resource-management-organizations-21077.html

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Six Main Functions of a Human Resource Department
by Ruth Mayhew; Updated February 20, 2018



An efficiently run human resources department can provide your organization with structure and the ability to
meet business needs through managing your company's most valuable resources -- its employees. There are
several HR disciplines, or areas, but HR practitioners in each discipline may perform more than one of the more
than six essential functions. In small businesses without a dedicated HR department, it's possible to achieve the
same level of efficiency and workforce management through outsourcing HR functions or joining a professional
employer organization.

New Recruitment

The success of recruiters and employment specialists generally is measured by the number of positions they fill
and the time it takes to fill those positions. Recruiters who work in-house -- as opposed to companies that
provide recruiting and staffing services -- play a key role in developing the employer's workforce. They
advertise job postings, source candidates, screen applicants, conduct preliminary interviews and coordinate
hiring efforts with managers responsible for making the final selection of candidates.

Job Safety

Workplace safety is an important factor. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers
have an obligation to provide a safe working environment for employees. One of the main functions of HR is to
support workplace safety training and maintain federally mandated logs for workplace injury and fatality
reporting. In addition, HR safety and risk specialists often work closely with HR benefits specialists to manage
the company's workers compensation issues.

Employee Relations

In a unionized work environment, the employee and labor relations functions of HR may be combined and
handled by one specialist or be entirely separate functions managed by two HR specialists with specific
expertise in each area. Employee relations is the HR discipline concerned with strengthening the employer-
employee relationship through measuring job satisfaction, employee engagement and resolving workplace
conflict. Labor relations functions may include developing management response to union organizing
campaigns, negotiating collective bargaining agreements and rendering interpretations of labor union contract
issues.

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