¶ … HRM professionals have a number of responsibilities, these revolve around the various tasks required to ensure that the firm has the human resources that are needed, with the requisite skills and abilities, in the right place at the right time. This may appear a simplistic approach, but the underlying concepts are complex, and require not only the tasks which were once associated with purely personnel management, such as hiring, discipline, and firing, but the with more strategic tasks. For example, HR professionals may need to undertake strategic planning taking into account the organizations future goals, assess what skills maybe needed and aiding with the development of skills in the workforce, ensuring the workforce is motivated and playing a role in foreword planning for the firm. Good HR professionals will have the knowledge and skills to identify and either mitigate or resolve the challenges faced by business, which require not only the issues themselves to be resolve, but resolved in ways that are fair, ethical, and fully complainant with legislation or regulation. Employees are one of the main resources of a firm, so the management of those resources is of paramount importance.
There were many concepts in the courses that are of great importance for a career in HRM. In order these are
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These may be the result of engrained societal values and the result of a lack of knowledge or understanding, Discrimination results in individuals being disadvantaged due to a difference, in many cases legislation is in place to prevent discrimination. However, an awareness of what it is, and how it emerges, will make HR professional more able to prevent it manifesting and dealing with description where it is found to occur.
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Equal opportunities, this is related, but not the same as discrimination. Equal opportunities are the concept by which all employees would receive equal treatment and opportunities based on their abilities rather than other influences, such as favoritism or nepotism. This needs to be put into practice proactively, and will also support the perception of a fair workplace.
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Motivation, without motivation employees are less likely to be productive, and other costs are likely to increase, such as costs associated with attrition. Motivation is a complex issue, and it requires a good workplace, and perceptions of fairness and equity to be perceived by the employees as well as the ability…
