Human resource planning and recruitment
The human resource planning plays an important role in the management of an organization. First it helps to provide quality workforce in an organization. In relation to this, the human resource planning plays an important role in organizing for training of employee. This in turn helps to ensure that the entire workforces are equipped with knowledge and skills. Second, the human resource manager helps to reduce the labor cost in an organization. This is because the human resource manager helps in balancing between the demand and supply of the various materials. The human resource manager also facilitates the raising of skill in the workforce (Krishnamurthi, 2006, p.2). This can therefore help to ensure that the ABC system is able to achieve its objective of being the leading company in the industry since their workforce will be equipped with the right knowledge and skills. Moreover, the human resource management helps in ensuring that all the workers are accorded safe and health working environment. This can turn also helps to ensure that they increase on their productivity since the employees are given the best possible working environment.
Proper following of the laid down procedure on the recruitment and selection can help to eliminate some of the problems currently experienced in the ABCsystem Company. This because proper following of the laid down rules and procedure can help to ensure that there is application of the formal recruitment procedure. In addition this can help to ensure that the new employees are accorded proper induction to facilitate their orientation in the workplace. Most importantly proper following of the selection and recruitment procedure can help to ensure that the organization acquire highly skilled workforce (Deb, 2009, p.160). This can facilitate the growth expansion strategies of the organization. In addition proper following of the laid down rules and regulation can help to ensure that the employee have confidence in the management of the organization. In relation to this proper following of the laid down procedures can help to protect the image of the company. This therefore helps to ensure that the company continues to increase the market share. Finally proper following of the laid down rules and regulation can help to lower the employee turnover. This is because it helps to ensure that the employees are satisfied with their jobs in the company.
Role of human resource development and knowledge management
The human resource development and knowledge management play important roles in ensuring that an organization improves on its performance. First the human resource management is involved in ensuring that the organization achieves its objectives (Sims, 2007, p.320). This is because the human resource management is involved ensuring the entire workforce are equipped with skills and knowledge to facilitate the organization to achieve its objectives. Second the human resource manager is also involved in promoting positive attitude toward the entire workforce. In relation to this the human resource manager is involved developing various reward system, this in turn help to ensure that the employee are motivated to continue working for the organization. In this case promotion of positive attitude can help to eliminate the high levels of absenteeism that is currently experienced in the company.
Moreover, the human resource development can help in the development of good organizational design. In relation to this, a good organizational design can help to ensure that promote effective communication protocol within the organization. In addition this can also help to ensure that the entire workforce work as a team to facilitate the organization to achieve its objective. Knowledge management play an important role in ensuring that an organization is able to make intelligent decision regarding various issues such ways of increasing the market share. In addition, effective knowledge management helps to ensure that the organization is able to interpret correctly the information on demand and supply of both the raw materials and products. Most importantly effective knowledge management helps to promote innovation in an organization. This is because through effective knowledge management the organization is able to import technology and other innovative ideas from other companies. This can therefore help to ensure that ABCsystem is able to accomplish their objective.
Initiatives that will help to develop a harmonious and trusting employment relationship within the existing and ‘new’ expanding company
The following are some of the ways in which the management ABCsystem can use in order to improve on the trust and the harmonious living among the employee in the organization.
- Communicating the company vision and goals
In relation to this, the management can be able to improve the harmonious and trust through improving on the communication. In relation this communicating the goal and vision can help to ensure that the organization is able to work as a team towards ensuring that they achieve the set objectives. This therefore implies that with proper communication the management of ABCsystem can be able to ensure that they promote the growth objectives among the employees.
- Establishing and maintaining the integrity in an organization
Maintaining the integrity in an organization can help to ensure that the entire workforce coexist in harmony. In relation to this the top management needs to ensure that they maintain their integrity. This can help to ensure that the entire workforces are motivated to continue maintaining integrity. In this case maintaining the integrity can help to ensure that the correct procedure are followed during the recruitment process.
- Doing what is right regardless of the personal risk.
In relation to this the management of the ABCsystem needs to ensure that they do what is right regardless of any personal risk. This can help to eliminate some of the problems currently experience in the company such informal complain related to the human resource activities.
- Being the role model
The management team of the company needs to ensure that they practice the act of being the role model in every aspect during the management of the various company issues. In this case being the role model can help to reduce the rate of absenteeism currently experienced in the company (Reece, Brandt, & Howie, 2010, p.150). In addition it is also important for the manager to ensure that they also become role model in working hard to achieve the set objectives. This can help to ensure that the entire workforce also work hard in order to achieve the set objectives.
- Improving the hiring process
In relation to this the management must therefore ensure that they improve the hiring process. This can help to build trust and harmony among the employee. In this case improving the hiring process can help to ensure that the company acquire new employee who are able to promote the growth strategies of the organization.
Conclusion
From the above it is evident that the human resource department has various important roles in ensuring that the organization achieves their objectives. In this case failure of this department has led to the increase of the many challenges currently experienced in the institution. It is therefore evident that the human resource department needs to implement various changes to facilitate the growth and development of the company. In relation to this the management must improve on the various methods it uses in the planning of the organizational activities. This can help to ensure that the organization is able to achieve its objective. In addition it is also evident that the management of the organization needs to ensure that they become the role model in implementing the various changes. This can help to ensure that the entire workforces are also motivated to work hard.
References
Krishnamurthi, K. 2006. Human resource management: Concept and planning. New Delhi, India: Global Vision Pub. House.
Deb, T. 2009. Managing human resources & industrial relations. New Delhi: Excel Books.
Reece, B. L., Brandt, R., & Howie, K. F. 2010. Effective human relations: Interpersonal and organizational applications. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning
Sims, R. R. 2007. Human resource management: Contemporary issues, challenges and opportunities. Greenwich, Conn: Information Age Publ.
