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 […]
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 […]
The Key Trends that are Upending the Old Order and Resulting in Future Shock The field of Human Resource Management (HRM) is in a flux. With the old ways of doing things becoming obsolete and the new means of success yet to be crystallized, Human Resource (HR) professionals everywhere are feeling the need to reinvent […]
How HR Managers Have to Deal with the “People” Side of Recessions With the Indian Economy as well as the Global Economy in deep recession, it is important for organisations to deal with the effects of the recession. They might have to lay off workers and professionals as well as cut down on costs, in […]
How Workplaces can Become Toxic in These Polarised Times We live in extremely polarized and divisive times. With passions about politics and other topics running high and tempers flaring on social media and other online platforms, corporates and HR (Human Resource) Managers too have to deal with managing workforces that bring such passions to the […]
The Differences between HRM Strategies in Corporates and Non Profits As the name implies, non profits are those entities that are engaged in social activities and which do not exist to make profits. Instead, they are established and run with the purpose of serving society and zero sums accounting wherein the intake equals the cost […]
Why Work from Home is the Future and How we Should Get Used to It In a world gone digital due to the Covid 19 outbreak, corporates are now increasingly asking their employees to work from home as a means of following physical and social distancing. With the uncertainties surrounding a return to normalcy, or […]
The Role of Incentives in Enhancing Performance and How They Work In Practice Organizations exist to provide goods and services to their consumers and clients and in turn, pay their employees’ salaries and bonuses to get the necessary work done to produce such goods and services. Such salaries and bonuses are part of the monetary […]
Strategic Human Resource Management is the practice of aligning business strategy with that of HR practices to achieve the strategic goals of the organization. The aim of SHRM (Strategic Human Resource Management) is to ensure that HR strategy is not a means but an end in itself as far as business objectives are concerned. The […]
The very mention of appraisals, reviews and ratings is enough to make seasoned professionals cringe and rejoice alike. For some, these are occasions when they would come out smiling out of the review whereas for others, there is nothing memorable about the whole process. So, what is it that is so important about performance management? […]
Staffing and Human Resource Management: Human resources management is the part of management process which develops and manages the human elements of the enterprise considering their knowledge, skill, creativity, talents and potentials for contributing towards organisational objectives. Human Resource management involves determining the organisation’s need of human resources, recruitment and selecting the best employee, training, […]
