Management decisions and organizational outcomes

Management Decisions and Core HR Functions

Management decisions

Ethics is an integral part of an organization's decision making process. Ethics informs the process of policy formulation and the process of defining and designating roles, duties and responsibilities within the organization. Business ethics bridges the gap between ethical standards and the decision making framework used by an organization. Simply put, business ethics evaluates the practices and conducts of employees and managers in an organization to see if they can pass the test of moral acceptability (Svensson and Wood, 2003). The evaluative nature of business ethics requires that all actions taken by the persons concerned be ethical. Unethical actions always lead to a series of bad decisions that harms the organization.

To ensure that the people in the organization comply with the laid down ethical standards, the organization must have an outlined set of rules, codes and guidelines which will ensure that the employees and the management are forewarned of injurious behaviors. These policy documents often outline the Dos and Don'ts and attempts to ensure that the employees maintain or observe the rules of moral behavior. Compliance with these rules and guidelines is inspired by then fact that there are certain social sanctions that are meted on the people that flout or break any of the rules (Svensson and Wood, 2003).

The managers of an organization are often faced with challenge particularly when it comes to addressing the concerns of all the relevant stakeholders. From the perspective of the executive suite, the cardinal responsibilities of management are to ensure that the employee's rights are not infringed upon; to ensure that the business operates in an ethical manner and; to ensure that all stakeholders' interests are addressed. When the rights of employees are observed, the company will thrive because happy employees are loyal and they serve the customers better increasing the overall output (Svensson and Wood, 2003). An organization that operates within the confines of ethical rules will also observe the laws of the land and by so doing evade high fines that would otherwise be imposed on it for unlawful behavior. When all the needs or expectations of the stakeholders are met, the business will continue to thrive.

Core Human Resource Functions

Involuntary turnover is rampant among employees of high talent. These employees form then crucial asset that determine the overall success of the organization. Involuntary turnover occurs due to issues such as frequent absences, premature termination of contracts, sexual harassment or by the mere fact that an employee becomes overqualified for a particular job. Supposing I were a top HR manager in my firm I would hire people who are qualified to fill any vacant positions taking keen attention to exclude overqualified persons so as top avoid the occurrence of involuntary turnover in the future (Taylor, 2005).