Human Resources
Today, many human resource departments seek to hire new employees, train and retain existing employees, and to appraise the resulting work from these employees. The challenges in adequately achieving these tasks and encompass many factors. HR departments have to constantly evaluate whether their actions advance the company’s mission. The process of hiring the right employees for the right job requires an honest assessment of the type of work that needs to be done, and the ideal candidate for the position. Human capital has become more recognizable as one of a company’s primary assets. Understandably, the importance of finding new employees has become increasingly important.
One of the most important functions of HR departments is to fill job vacancies. The results of the decisions made in this process can either help or hurt the …show more content…
Performance appraisals are used to determine how effectively the employee does their job. Its purpose is to identify strengths that should be encouraged, and weaknesses that should be addressed. This requires a fair and transparent process that should help the employee rather than penalize. Care has to be taken that this evaluation does not create a negative impact on the relationship between management and employees (Edward E. Lawler, July 12, 2012). However, companies have used these evaluations to give awards and bonuses to employees, which gives positive reinforcement to the most successful employees. Nevertheless, there are some opinions that performance appraisals are antiquated, and has the effect of creating negative feelings among employees, especially when associated with increased compensation. In addition to this, if these appraisals are given on a yearly basis, it may be months before management identifies problems within the workplace (Edward E. Lawler III, July 12,
Today, many human resource departments seek to hire new employees, train and retain existing employees, and to appraise the resulting work from these employees. The challenges in adequately achieving these tasks and encompass many factors. HR departments have to constantly evaluate whether their actions advance the company’s mission. The process of hiring the right employees for the right job requires an honest assessment of the type of work that needs to be done, and the ideal candidate for the position. Human capital has become more recognizable as one of a company’s primary assets. Understandably, the importance of finding new employees has become increasingly important.
One of the most important functions of HR departments is to fill job vacancies. The results of the decisions made in this process can either help or hurt the …show more content…
Performance appraisals are used to determine how effectively the employee does their job. Its purpose is to identify strengths that should be encouraged, and weaknesses that should be addressed. This requires a fair and transparent process that should help the employee rather than penalize. Care has to be taken that this evaluation does not create a negative impact on the relationship between management and employees (Edward E. Lawler, July 12, 2012). However, companies have used these evaluations to give awards and bonuses to employees, which gives positive reinforcement to the most successful employees. Nevertheless, there are some opinions that performance appraisals are antiquated, and has the effect of creating negative feelings among employees, especially when associated with increased compensation. In addition to this, if these appraisals are given on a yearly basis, it may be months before management identifies problems within the workplace (Edward E. Lawler III, July 12,