Human resources are strategic resources. They provide competitive advantage to organizations. Human resource management is the function of all levels of managers. The field of human resource management is fast changing. New developments, especially globalization, technical orientation and knowledge workers have made HRM challenging. To be successful and to achieve organizational goals, organization should have proper human resource management.
Human resource management is one of the important parts of an organization which is the effective management of the people. People are the focus of human resource management. Organizations need people and people need organizations. Human resources are vital for achieving organizational objectives. Better people achieve better results. Organizational effectiveness and efficiency depends largely on the performance of people working in organizations. All people possess energy and physical strength. People become human resources when they combine energy and physical strength with competencies. Employee competencies consist of knowledge, skills, attitudes and potential for growth. When employees do not have the needed skills, they may not perform their best which results to decreased in the performance and may create the turnover in an organization. When organization is able to influence the talent of their work force then they are most likely to achieve the competitive challenges.
Human resource management is about managing people. It is concerned with the management of human energy and competencies. It aims at achieving organizational objectives through productive contribution of people. It creates harmony between the objectives of organization and the objectives of the individual.
1. Managing Employee Competence
Training and development is used to manage employee competencies in organization. Training is needed at a basic level to ensure that workers recruited and selected are able to do their jobs well and
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