HRM/300
May 17, 2015
Human Resource Management Overview A company is going to be successful through their employees, policies, and guidelines they set in place to follow. The three big topics that will be discussed in the paper are; what is a HR management, the primary function of HR, and the role of HR in a organizational strategic plan. “Human resources play an essential role in developing a company’s strategy as well as handling the employee-centered activities of an organization” (Mayhew & Media, 2015). Employees may not count human resource (HR) as a physical department, but this one department is responsible; administrative, discipline, hiring, training, and developing employees.
Human Resource Management The HR management has a very important role to play in the company’s day-to-day operations. Some of the biggest parts they play into the company are, but not limited to; “recruitment and training, performance appraisals, maintaining work atmosphere, managing disputes, and developing public relations” (Human Resource Excellence, n.d). The size of the company will determine how HR will operate, if each department will have a HR representative or every employee can just go to any HR person. During the hiring process HR goal is to find the right people for the jobs that the company is hiring for, to accomplish the daily operation of the company.
Primary Function of Human Resource Management Human resource management (HRM) always needs to know the mission of the company and then find areas that need improvement throughout the company to better the production. Functions that the HRM will deal with every working day are; “recruitment, training and development, professional development, benefits and compensation, and ensuring legal compliance” (iPlace USA, 2013). HRM has to make sure ever employee and company are receiving their benefits and are paying the correct taxes that are required by state. When a company
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