HRM functions can be dived into primary (directly involved with obtaining, maintaining and developing employees) and secondary (either provide support for general management activities or are involved in determining or changing the structure of the organization).
PRIMARY HRM FUNCTIONS:
1) Human resource planning activities are used to predict how changes in management strategy will affect future human resource needs. These activities are critically important with the rapid changes in external market demands. HR planners must continually chart the course of organization and its plans, programs and actions.
2) Equal employment opportunity activities are intended to satisfy both the legal and moral responsibilities of an organization through the prevention of discriminatory policies, procedures and practices. This includes decisions affecting hiring, training, appraising and compensating employees.
3) Staffing (recruitment and selection) activities are designed for the timely identification of potential applicants for current and future openings and for assessing and evaluating applicants in order to make selection and placement decisions.
4) Compensation and benefits administration is responsible for establishing and maintaining an equitable internal wage structure, a competitive benefits package, as well as incentives tied to individual, team or organizational performance.
5) Employee (labor) relations activities include developing communications system through which employee can address their problems and grievances. In an unionized organization, labor relations will include the development of working relations with each labor union, as well as contract negotiations and administration.
6) Health, safety and security activities seek to promote a safe and healthy work environment. This can include actions such as safety training, employee assistance programs, health and wellness programs.
7) Human resource development activities are intended to ensure that organization members have the skills or competencies to meet current and future job demands.
SECONDARY HRM FUNCTIONS:
1) Organization/job design activities are concerned with interdepartmental relations and the organization and definition of jobs.
2) Performance management and performance appraisal systems are used for establishing and maintaining accountability throughout an organization.
3) Research and information systems are necessary to make enlightened human resource decisions.
REFERENCES:
Bohlander G.W., Snell S., Managing Human Resources, Cengage Learning 2010
Read more: Managing Human Resources
Sims R.R., Human resource management: contemporary issues, challenges and opportunities, IAP 2007
Read more: Human resource management: contemporary issues, challenges and opportunities
Werner J.M., DeSimone R.L., Human Resource Development, Cengage Learning 2009
Read more: Human Resource Development
I agree, information is useful, but how does it look in Poland? Do you think that companies (in general) focused on employees and their devolopment? How does it look nowadays and how it looked for instance 10 years ago?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately in Poland it still doesn’t look like it should. For sure it’s changing for better-there are more companies than in the past where HR departments are focused really on employees. But researches show, that it’s still not enough. For example in research “Barometer HR 2008” carried out in Polish companies 80% respondents claim, that HR departments do standard administrative work.
ReplyDeleteYou can read article about those researches here: http://gazetapraca.pl/gazetapraca/1,90442,5083920.html
i have a question about if chance something after poland joined europen union? because turkey also wants to join europe and i wanna learn about real standards of this cominity.
ReplyDeleteAfter accesion of Poland to the EU we can noticed a lot of changes ,also in HRM. For sure there is more premises of international companies, where HRM functions better than in Polish companies. There is also more trainings in HRM organized from EU funds and more possibilities of developing for companies, especially small.
ReplyDeleteI read your post. This article is very informative...HRM involves the advance of a perfect combine between established managerial functions and the well-being of all employees within an organization.
ReplyDeleteHelp me to collect some data regarding education. I am in final year. And it’s time to submit my project. Your post helps me a lot. Thanks for it. You also read some new information stuff from below links.
DeleteOnline MBA
Organizations have many operational functions. HRD is one of the functions that is engaging with the tasks of an organization. In early 70 s there was no division called as Human Resource Department or Division.
ReplyDeleteStaff Recruitment Agency in Hosur | Legal Liaisoning Consultant in Hosur
After reading with this at least people can understand their power and role within the particular industries. First of all thank you for providing this information here.
ReplyDeleteHr Franchise in Bangalore
Thanks for this great post!- This provides good insight. You might also be interested to know more about HRM in Changing Environment
ReplyDeleteWow, this is a very comprehensive blog and I liked the way you have shared all the information associated with human resource duties. The infographic you have shared here makes the points much clearer to the reader. Human Resource plays a key role in the industry today. Thanks for sharing this post. Visit: https://www.itm.edu/
ReplyDeleteNice post
ReplyDeleteThere are pretty some alternatives in relation to studying Human Resource Management Course or HRM Short Course. Depending to your role in life in addition to your non-public desire you could either take in Human Resource Management courses that provide you with a diploma or certificates.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this responsibilities I like the way you have shared this info. I am also doing my distance learning mba in HR and find this blog very informative.
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteNice post on functions of HRM.
ReplyDeleteThe functions of Human Resource Management (HRM) encompass a wide range of activities aimed at managing and maximizing the potential of an organization's human capital. Outsourcing marketplace
ReplyDelete