...mission or function defined and with the current organizational growth a Human Resource Plan (HRP) is needed. This plan must provide the mission of the HR department and detail the functions to provide a clear understanding of HR’s role and ensure alignment with the organizations strategic plan and goals. The organization will only experience long-term successfulness when the right people are in the appropriate positions at just the right time; the strategies for achieving the organizational objectives should revolve around having the right balance of talent, skills, and the aspiration to accomplish organizational objectives in a significant manner (Byars & Rue, 2008). HR Functions and Challenges Challenges that the HR department will encounter consist of finding a candidate pool large enough to fill the 50 vacant positions, finding potential employees that have the skills, qualifications and experience. Other challenges that exist are the implementation steps to develop a HRP in alignment with the organizational strategic plan and goals. With the organization looking to fill 50 positions the functions of the HR department must be clearly defined; this can be accomplished by developing the HRP. There are steps that must be taken to implement the HRP they include: • Determine organizational objectives • Determine Skills and expertise needed • Determine additional human resource requirements • Develop action plans • Synthesize the HRP process (Byars...
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...Running head: AON CORPORATION - HOW THEY RUN Aon Corporation - How They Run Their Human Resources Department Terese Pawlowski MGT -420 July 31, 2011 Aon Corporation - How They Run Their Human Resources Department The Human Resources Department is the backbone of many corporations, both large and small. Its main responsibility is to be in compliance with all aspects of the company not just the hiring and firing of employees. The staff in this department must make sure that the company is protected from lawsuits, that employee morale is kept up, rules and regulations are communicated to employees timely and correctly and ensuring workplace safety. Aon Corporation is the nation's largest insurance broker and a company that I recently worked at for 11 years. This organization has gone through many changes including buying additional companies, created centralized service centers and sending some of the work offshore to India. There was also a reduction in how the human resources department was structured. At one point, there was a human resources staff in each of the offices worldwide. In 2001, they decided to make a more stream lined approach, and move the main human resources department to the Chicago, IL headquarters, and then create smaller departments within four service centers located in Glenview, IL, New York, Houston and Los Angeles. In addition, there was still the call center employees that handled the routine payroll and benefits questions. When I first...
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... Wade Assn. 1: Stories of Change Dr. Vanessa Graham HRM 560-Managing Organizational Change 01/26/2014 An organization has to be strategic when managing change. A business must also be able to reinvent itself in order to maintain a competitive edge. There can be many reasons why change is necessary including technology, customer needs, opportunities to grow, globalization, and the economy. “Today, organizations must have the capacity to adapt quickly and effectively in order to survive. Often the speed and complexity of change severely test the capabilities of leaders and employees to adapt rapidly enough, but if organizations fail to change, the cost of that failure may be quite high. Hence, leaders and employees must understand the nature of the changes needed and the likely effects of alternative approaches to bring about that change” (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2011, p. 510). Using Kotter’s Model, Identify the Three (3) Most Significant Errors Made Out of All of the Change Stories Presented and Describe the Ramifications of Those Mistakes. Any organization that wants to grow and stay ahead of the competition should embrace change. Despite this fact, there are many things that can go wrong when an organization decides to make a change. Resistance from employees is one factor that plays a part in an organizations change process failure. The change process must be effectively managed...
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...How Can an Effective Human Resource Department Help Management in a Strategic Operational Change Delores Carlsen UMUC MBA Fundamentals Section 9048 Dr. Mona Envig February 7, 2010 Executive Summary Human resource (HR) as a department has changed dramatically in the last 13-15 years. What was once perceived as and administrative job has become a partner in strategic planning. When companies are facing strategic operational change, knowing their workforce becomes all-important. Knowing the extent of their talent pool internally and externally can mean the difference between success or failure. In business today HR is focused on the company workforce, they spend much time recruiting, training, and evaluating them, this places them in constant communication with them. They are aware of the weaknesses and strengths of the workforce, and have access to knowledge that management needs to succeed in a strategic operational change. An effective HR included in managements objectives can analyze the company’s future needs also determine if the company will have access to the type and number they will need to sustain their change. HR is focused on training the workforce, and can develop the programs for training and development the company will need for their strategic change. An effective can be of great assistance to management in a strategic operational change. Introduction The role of Human Resource (HR) has changed greatly during the last 10-15 years; previously viewed...
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...Challenges of Human Resource Managers In a time of increasing globalization, economic rationalization, competitiveness, deregulation, technological revolution and changing workforce there is an increasing need for human resource management to be able to capitalize and gain on the challenges that this changing environment will bring. For a company to be able to successfully stay ahead of its competition, human resource management has to be seen as a significant contributor within the company. Human resource management will face many challenges and will operate in a constant environment of change. Two of the most important challenges to the role of human resource management in the future is the capacity to develop and utilize a new set of competencies to fulfill the changing roles and the ability to move to a strategic human resource. In this assignment I will outline how each of these areas have developed to become two of the most important changes for Human Resource Managers and why I believe they are critical to the success of an organization. Strategic Human Resource Management The literature on the changing role of human resource management stresses the requirement to move from an administrative support function, or the more traditional human resource operational management model, to a strategic and facilitative role. To sustain the transformation of the human resource functions to a Strategic Human Resource Management model; it will require human resource professionals...
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...Emerging Issues in Human Resource Management Organizational growth and excellence is driven by strategic and effective human resource management (HRM). The start of the global economy has brought awareness that the only permanent competitive advantage is an organization’s ability to effectively exploit human resources. HRM has become a significant factor in the management for organizational success. While there are many emerging HRM issues, there is one particular area that I found to be most concerning. Thomas Singleton, the Human Resources Director at Lifespan Corporate Services assisted me by proclaiming that, “…as globalization and the information age continue to advance, organizations need to adapt to the changes in technology and the changing issues in management of people.” Furthermore, he stated that managing globalization is a critical issue for human resource managers. Due to globalization and expected changes in technological and the social environment it has become critical for human resource managers to effectively and efficiently handle the competitive environment that affects the performance of organization at domestic as well as global platforms. “Globalization represents the structural making of the world characterized by the free flow of technology and human resources across national boundaries as well as the spread of Information Technology and mass media presenting an ever-changing and competitive business environment” (Česynienė, 2008). ...
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...Brenda McCain the human resource manager of the Westpark store, assumed several important roles during the beginning of her employment with Harrison Brothers Corporation. The most important task that she undertook is actually developing a human resource unit separate from operations and sales. This is an important task because the delineation of tasks enables the managers to focus on their areas. Due to the establishment of the human resource unit, had to slowly influence corresponding changes in the existing human resource-related practices. The change in the organisation was also recognized by , the sales manager. First change is the development of working relationships with the operations and sales divisions to determine the human resource needs and issues they currently face as basis for staffing decisions. Pat Hartlake, the operations manager recognized the importance of the establishment of a separate and experienced human resource unit and developing good relations with the HR staff to achieve efficiency in addressing human resource problems. Second change is the performance of human resource functions. One activity is staffing or obtaining qualified employees through advertisements and interviewing applicants and looking at application papers to determine work stability. has a background in sales so she is confident in her ability to select qualified employees. Another activity is investing in employee motivation. Previously, the store has a high turnover...
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...contemporary HR changes and challenges. Then select one of these changes or challenges and discuss in more detail” The Human Resource managers of today are faced with a multitude of contemporary changes and challenges, these changes and challenge lie within areas of: There are significant changes regarding ‘Industrial Relations’ with specific concerns around reduced job security and the demand for greater labor flexibility (Stone, 2013 p.7). Human Resources face challenges surrounding ‘Globalization’, where there is an increased flow of skilled and unskilled workers coming in and out of Australia and the high demand for skilled foreigners to work in Australia on specific Australian projects (Stone, 2013 p.7). Human resource managers need to be aware of ‘The Changing Work Culture’, which characterizes the push for a fresh corporate culture, which promotes flexibility, increased employee involvement, trust, performance and the attraction and retention of skilled and educated workers (Stone, 2013 p.7). Human resources also face both changes and challenges in the area of ‘Workforce Demographics’, as there is an increase the multigenerational workplace, with the elderly working longer past retirement age, The increasing number of highly skilled female workers and a greater number of females being in professional and managerial positions (Stone, 2013 p.7). Human resources face the contemporary Challenge surrounding the issue of ‘Remuneration’ specifically, where human resources...
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...Project MKTG 205 – Principles of Marketing August 25, 2012 Abstract Human resource development has become an essential component in the developmental process of any organization. In the field of human resource management, training and development is the field which is concerned with organizational activity aimed at bettering the performance of individuals and groups in an organizational environment. Human resource training is of growing importance to companies seeking to gain an advantage among competitors. Training has an effect on both the employee and organizational goals. Forces at various levels influence changes in human resources strategies and directions. Those with the most direct effect include changes in the nature of the organization’s mission, work and overall policy direction. Other forces are internal to the organization itself (its culture, work organization and management style), while still others originate outside the organization and are related to the global economy and other changes in society. Training and development helps an organization to equip each employee with the knowledge and skill needed to perform his/her job effectively. This project will evaluate the effectiveness of the training and development programs offered by the HRtrainingCenter.com. A HRM company which provides training and certification services Marketing Environmental Forces That Affect Human Resource Management Industry Introduction As with any market there are external...
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...Human Resource Accounting Human Resource Accounting is the process of assigning, budgeting, and reporting the cost of human resources incurred in an organization, including wages and salaries and training expenses. Human Resource Accounting is the activity of knowing the cost invested for employees towards their recruitment, training them, payment of salaries & other benefits paid and in return knowing their contribution to organisation towards it's profitability. Contemporary Issues •Human Resource Audit ◦Objectives and benefits of Human Resource Auditing ◦Human Resource Auditing Process •Human Resource Accounting ◦Methods of Human Resource Accounting •Human Resource Information Systems •Outsourcing and Crowdsourcing •Employer Brand •Temping or Temporary Staffing •Attrition •Call centers •Exit interviews •Stress Management •Balanced scorecard •Competency mapping •Human Resource Benchmarking •Employee absenteeism The American Accounting Association’s Committee on Human Resource Accounting (1973) has defined Human Resource Accounting as “the process of identifying and measuring data about human resources and communicating this information to interested parties”. HRA, thus, not only involves measurement of all the costs/ investments associated with the recruitment, placement, training and development of employees, but also the quantification of the economic value of the people in an organisation. Flamholtz (1971) too has offered a similar...
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...discussing Human Resources and describing the changing role of HR management in response to trends in globalization, technology, diversity, e-business, and ethics. Human Resources by definition “are the management of the people in working organizations (encyclopedia Britannica Para 1).” Human resources job is to gather people whom posses a certain skill set in order to perform certain job functions required for the company. This process is done by recruiting and selecting desired candidates after the selection process has been conducted human resources is also required to train, evaluate, reward and promote qualified candidates. Securing, maintaining, and utilizing an effective work force, which organizations cannot survive without is what human resource management focuses on. By keeping in connection with the organization’s objectives and business strategies makes human resource a key to the success of a company. Maintaining a healthy work environment between company policies and individuals is another role of human resource. There are basic functions all managers perform which are planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. These represent what is often called the management process. Staffing, personnel management, or human resource management is the function for the organization to focus on today's workforce environment. It includes activities like recruiting, selecting, training, compensating, appraising, and developing. The role of Human Resources...
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...------------------------------------------------- Human Resourses Mgmt COURSEWORK PROJECT SHEORNAY THOMAS 412000290 NICOLE KNIGHT SHEORNAY THOMAS 412000290 NICOLE KNIGHT Ulrich (1998) remarks that the human resource management function in organizations is often ineffective, incompetent, costly and value-sapping. Explain how Ulrich's 1998 model of the HR function can be used to create a value adding reputation in global businesses and evaluate whether these new emerging roles exist within Caribbean organizations. Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 What is Human Resource Management? 4 The Traditional HRM Model as Value Sapping 6 A New Mandate for HRM 7 The New Model 7 The New Model in Global Organizations 11 HRM in the Caribbean 13 References 17 Executive Summary Human Resource Management during recent years has been facing a number of challenges that has led to it being labelled as ineffective, incompetent and value sapping. The traditional model of Human resources had been ineffective and failed to add value to organisations through its practices. This model which simply focuses on the acquiring, rewarding, developing and protecting employees has led to the problem of Human resources management being an operation that is completely detached from the valued operations and strategies of the organisation and as such adds no real value. This has led to many organisations considering outsourcing the Human Resource department; a move that can cost...
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...Change and Innovation Sabrina Simms March 31, 2013 HCA/250 Vicki Campbell, RN, MSN, CPNP Every day it seems as if technology further advances, abilities that were once only thoughts decades ago; have now become today’s reality. Richards, (2013), “While many speak as if change is a reflection of the 21st century, the world has actually been changing for many, many years. The ability to manage that change effectively, especially in business organizations, is critical”. There are so many ways technology can better a workplace, and it is the job of management to provide training to the employees so the newest of technology can be of assistance to the organization. Change is inevitable; however, if not executed properly that change could be disastrous. As discussed by Richards, (2013), “The ability to manage that change effectively, especially in business organizations, is critical. The effects of change can be negative or positive. Successful management will ensure the latter”. Richards, (2013), suggests that management accept change because once management does change will be easier accepted by employees. Employees look to management for leadership; that being said, if management is united and strong less panic will set in amongst the employees. Practice openness, when an employee does not feel threaten by management or change an employee is more likely to listen. Management should solicit input and if management has successfully implement openness an employee will be...
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...SCOTTISH POWER CASE STUDYINTRODUCTION FACTORS AFFECTING WORKFORCE PLANNING AT SCOTTISH POWER 4.2 SCOTTISH POWER’S RESPONSE TO WORKFORCE CHALLENGES 4.3 4.4 EMPLOYEE CASE STUDY CONCLUSION CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY 37 39 40 41 34 Page No. 1 4 7 8 11 15 17 21 26 29 31 33 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING Human resource planning (HRP) is the first step in the Human Resource Management (HRM) process. The real HRM process starts with the number and kind of people required by the organization for the coming period. HRP is also known by other names such as “Manpower planning”, “Employment planning”, “Labor Planning”, “Personnel Planning” etc. HRP is a sub-system in the total organizational planning. In other words, HRP is derived from the organizational planning just like production planning, sales planning, material planning etc. Planning the right man for right job and developing him into effective team member is an important function of every manager. It is because HR is an important corporate asset and performance of organizations depends upon the way it is put in use. HRP is a deliberate strategy for acquisition, improvement and preservation of enterprise’s human resources. It is a managerial function aimed at coordinating the requirements, for and availability of different types of employees. This involves ensuring that the organization has enough of right kind of people at right time and also adjusting the requirements to the available supply. HRP is a forward...
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