The Role of Human Resources
Ajibola Omisore
Strayer University
Dr. Harold R. Griffin
HAS 530
Section 009
January 26, 2013
Describe the unique challenges of managing the human resources function for your specific organization
As a new Senior Vice-President of Human Resources for Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Inc are presented many challenge because the size of healthcare organization. HCA owns and operates one hundred and sixty nine hospitals, and one hundred and five surgery centers within twenty-five states, including London England furthermore, the organization and its affiliate employee approximately one hundred and ninety thousand people. Therefore, there is a need for a large qualified staff of human-resource individuals. As the Senior Vice-President of Human Resources, one would report to the CEO of the company as well as have a staff of several vice presidents who would handle all the relevant regions and facilities.
The human resources department is broken down into sections and there are vice presidents over each of these respective sections that would report to a senior vice-president of HR groups. This includes, * Division offices that oversee the hospitals and surgery centers. * Operations and recruitment. * Employee relations. * Benefits and compensation. * Information system and executive workforce development. * Human resources IT&S. * Community relations and foundations. * Organizational leadership and development.
Each one of these groups covers all the various human resources functions within the organization.
According to Flynn, Mathis and Jackson (2011), “HR professionals in all segments of the industry will be faced with the challenge of recruiting and retaining the right number of competent employees for their organizations” (p. 11) The organization like many others has the challenge of recruiting and retaining mostly registered
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