HR Dimensions

Posted in Business Management, Human Resource, Labor Management, Principles of Management on Mar 10th, 2014 | 0 comments

Dimensions of Human Resource Management

I would like to brief you on some of the key aspects that mark the paradigm shift in the HR environment towards better management prospects.

1. The Human Resource function has shifted its focus to a much wider canvas that includes

Empowerment of Employees
Restructuring the Organisation and so on.

2. A range of HR sub-systems are involved in

Planning The Numbers
Types And Skills Of Hr
Ensuring Their Availability
Placing In The Right Job
Promoting And Nurturing Their Mental Health
Helping Them Develop Special Talent And Skills

3. Human Resource is considered as an “investment” and no more an “expenditure”.

Investment in

Training
Re-Training And
Continuous Learning On The Job develops the skills and competences of managers and employees and prove to be an useful investment.

4. The concepts of

Learning Organisations And
Team-Building serves a basis for “Competitive advantage” and “Motivating the employees.”

5. Values that are stressed upon are

Co-Operation
Harmonisation
Synergy
Trust
Being Pro-Active
Collaboration

6. Strategy:

Vision
Mission
Objectives
Goals– How these can be achieved?

The techniques that are basically holistic in nature can solve the purpose. Such techniques involve

SEWA– Self mastery, Empathy for workers, Worker-directedness and Achievement in performance
ABO-Action by Objective

Nine Dimensions of an Effective HR Department:

What is the reputation of the HR department?
What are the criteria (deliverables) that shape HR work?
What is the mission or strategy of the capabilities – focused HR department?
How is the HR department organised?
How does HR facilitate the definition and creation of organisation capabilities?
How do we make better HR investment and choices?
How do we create HR practices?
How does HR go about doing its work?
What do HR professionals need to be, know, and do to be effective?

Let us make a sincere comparison between the past and the present in terms of HR perspective

These techniques produce performers who find their way through any set of given problems, manage themselves and lead the team to a stae of self- realisation.