Internal And External Factors

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Human Resources aim to maximise the return on investment from the organisations human capital whilst minimising the financial risk. These activities are carried out in a legal and consistent manner. The HR department also has a responsibility to be a proactive, integral component of management and the strategic planning process. Human Resources manage many key features such as;  Selection  Training and development  Redundancy  Record keeping  Promotions  Management of performance  Advise in relations to problems at work  Compensation, bonuses. Human Resource planning is how organisations assess the future supply of and demand human resources and provides mechanisms to eliminate any gaps between supply and demand. Internal Factors in HR planning Workforce Demographics Changing workforce demographics are having a remarkable effect on organizations. While the learning function has significant opportunities to help companies address issues associated with this shift to help mitigate the challenges of retiring or deceased workers and their subsequent replacements, the learning function needs to play a role in areas such as determining critical skills and capabilities, transferring knowledge and reducing time-to-competence for newer employees. Rates of disability are increasing as people live longer. The types of impairments experienced by disabled people are also changing. Impairments related to age such as arthritis are increasing. However there is also evidence that changing lifestyles and health is affecting the type of impairments which are affecting people. Rates of... Productivity Productivity is the amount of output created (in terms of goods produced or services rendered) per unit input used. For instance, labour productivity is typically measured as output per worker or output

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