Human Resource Management Roles

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Human Resource Management Roles

Introduction
The human resources department in a health care setting is vital to the organizations success and plays a major role to on how successful the organization is. The human resources department will ensure the delivery of health care services and are responsible for optimal patient outcomes (Gomez-Mejia, 2010).
Human resources is also responsible for the safety and welfare of the employees it hires and retains and is also responsible for the continued education and accreditation of the organization. This paper is a brief overview of the human resources department and the functions it provides to an organization (Gomez-Mejia, 2010).

Nine Functional Roles of the Human Resource Department: * Recruitment and selection:
This role deals with the retention of staff, reducing staff turnover, and ensuring the professional growth of staff. * Compensation and benefits:
Employees receive payment and health benefits in exchange for their labor. * Regulatory compliance:
Regulatory compliance is concerned with ensuring the facility is compliant with all regulations the Federal Government imposes. Such regulations and laws are for instance HIPAA, and ARRA (American Regulations and Reinvestment Act). * Risk management: According to Gomez-Mejia (2010), Risk management is the process that identifies, analyzes, and treats potential hazards in a hospital, clinic or other form of health care setting. * Employee relations:
Include the interaction between employees and upper management. Successful human resources departments that are continually successful take a proactive approach. * Labor relations:
Labor relations department deals with contract negotiations, grievances, union management relations, and with issues involving general labor by employees of the