Many students of management and laypeople often hear the term HRM or Human Resource Management and wonder about the difference between HRM and the traditional term Personnel Management. In earlier times, the Personnel Manager of a factory or firm was the person in charge of ensuring employee welfare and interceding between the management and the […]
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What is Due Diligence and Why is it Important for HRM processes? We come across the term Due Diligence in many contexts as part of our everyday lives. Indeed, Due Diligence is used in a wide variety of contexts and fields including finance, legal, and commercial transactions. Often, we are also advised to do our […]
HR Scorecard Aligns People, Strategy, and Performance Organizations consist of people who perform the needed work for them. Also, such work is determined by the strategies that the organizations plan for the year or quarter ahead. Thus, it can be said that while the organization strategizes, the people implement the strategy. In this context, there […]
Introduction: HRM in the Industrial and the Post-Industrial Eras The field of HRM or Human Resource Management has evolved from the time HR managers were primarily responsible to settling labour disputes and taking care of payroll during the Industrial Era to the time where they were primarily tasked with enabling performance, empowering employees, and providing […]
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Organizations function according to some norms and values as well as have characteristic organizational culture that is the product of the above elements. Compliance with ethical norms is an integral aspect of every employee’s work and organizations strive to ensure that policies are being followed, no norms are being violated, and above all, employees stick […]
Since the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020, businesses have been creating plans for dealing with the virus. Employees have been working remotely and social distancing rules have been in place. Offices have been observing additional cleanliness procedures and masks have been required. But what if, despite all of your company’s best plans and efforts […]
The Coming Automation and Robotics Revolution Many experts have predicted that the robotics revolution and automation trends are coming sooner than you think and why it is time for organizations to prepare for the invasion of the robots and artificial intelligence. In a scenario where nearly 60% of the jobs would be lost to automation […]
Organizational Change Initiatives Often Entail Human Resource Changes Organizational Change Initiatives need the involvement of the Human Resources (HR) function to succeed since such change initiatives are almost always dependant on personnel and human resources changes as well. Indeed, with the advent of the services sector wherein firms in the technology and financial services space […]
HRM Best Practices in Contemporary Organizations Contemporary Organizations embrace a variety of HRM or Human Resource Management Practices. These include mandatory leaves, weekends off, variable pay, company provided transport, fun and entertainment activities, handsome bonuses as well as subsidized food and other aspects. Western Transnational corporations first introduced these practices in response to the emerging […]
What is Employee Ghosting? In recent months, a new term has entered the parlance of HR (Human Resources) professionals worldwide and that is Employee Ghosting. This term refers to the practice of prospective applicants and potential employees not “showing up” after being recruited, or not attending the final stages of the interview process after being […]
Why HR Professionals Must be Aware of the Laws of the Land Like all entities, corporates are expected to function according to the laws of the land and they must also follow the various rules and regulations that are in vogue in the specific countries and regions in which they operate. In recent years, noncompliance […]
