Most successful organisation know how to mobilise the right people and move them around to meet the needs of the organisation the organisation. Moving people around should be based on matching individual skills with organisational needs. Once an organisation knows the areas in which shortages and excesses exist, they can proceed with their workforce plans and devise strategist ensure that they have the right number of staff in every area of the organisation or to ensure that staff numbers are correctly allocated to the right tasks. The organisation you work for has asked you to analyse their existing workforce to determine areas where there are excesses or shortages or requirements for mobilisation. How would you do this?
Affecting Change Paper Jenea M. Smith LDR 531 March 21, 2011 John Thompson Affecting Change Paper Leadership can be defined as the ability to encourage and persuade others to work towards achieving a goal. Leaders are individuals who are concerned with doing the right thing, and managers are individuals who are concerned with doing things right. Leaders of companies and organizations are often faced with challenges of motivating employees to adjust to cultural changes and organizational structural. In large companies or organizations, the efficiency of managers depends on the influence they have over their subordinates, as well as their peers and superiors. Smith and Falmouth is a mid-size tele-shopping and mail order network
People are a business most valuable asset and keeping them satisfied, motivated, developed and retained is necessary if a company is to remain profitable (humanresources.about.com, n.d.). HR department plays a vital role in companies; helping them master the challenging competitive environment and the demand for highly qualified employees. Their primary roles are locating, screening, recruiting, hiring, and training high quality individuals who will become constructive members of the organization. They must be professional at all time handling different situations and people; skillfully communicating the firms’ policies, procedures, and goals: other responsibilities include perform job
Developing talent refers to the acquisition of employees who have the ability to acquire the skills, knowledge, and abilities of a job. Based on an overview of the organization’s current condition and a combination of factors derived from the mission statement, organizational structure, and cultures and values, I would recommend concentrating primarily on a talent development strategy versus an acquisition strategy. The following are statements are the grounds for this recommendation: Mission Statement * “We are committed as a company to providing maximum value to our customers, shareholders, and employees.” Organizational Structure * Employees at all levels of the corporation are encouraged to make suggestions regarding operations * A core workforce is viewed as essential for the organizational values and culture, described below, that Tanglewood seeks to develop and maintain. Organizational Culture and Values * From its inception, this company has emphasized employee participation and teams. * Efforts are made to involve employees in the decision process when possible.
The targets for Tanglewood recruitment should be directly matched with candidates with similar knowledge and experience. Considering the KSAO’s of Tanglewood employees applicants should have KSAO’s closely matching. Long term employees are usually people with knowledge of the industry and/or motivation to learn and grow within the organization. Motivated candidates will maintain employment with goals of working their way up the employee chain, sales associates with aspirations of becoming management is likely to surpass his coworkers and become a long term
Recruitment and selection are two sides of the same coin. , Applicant recruitment and employee selection form a major part of an organization's overall resourcing strategies, which identify and secure people needed for the organization to survive and succeed in the short- to medium-term. Recruitment activities need to be responsive to the increasingly competitive market to secure suitably qualified and capable recruits at all levels. To be effective, these initiatives need to include how and when to source the best recruits, internally or externally. Common to the success of either are: well-defined organizational structures with sound job design, robust task and person specification and versatile selection processes, reward, employment relations and human resource policies, underpinned by a commitment for strong employer branding and employee engagement and on-boarding strategies.
Human Resource Management Week 1 Assignment 1. Why do you think is it important for HR to be a strategic partner to the business? HR is an important strategic partner to any business, because it identifies the needs and future needs of the organizations that they are representing. HR is a direct connection to the employee, management and the organization ultimate goals. These ultimate goals are met by the basic functions of HR which are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
Job analysis is the foundation for all assessment and selection decisions. To identify the best person for the job, it is crucial to fully understand the nature of that job. Job analysis provides a way to develop this understanding by examining the tasks performed in a job, the competencies required to perform those tasks, and the connection between the tasks and competencies (U.S. Office of Personnel Management, n.d.). Our recommendation at this time would be that this company has a clear job description stating what the job entails and qualifications for the job. This will attract talent that meets and could possibly exceed the company’s
In addition, management controls the process as well as providing the path, rules, and resources to reach the companies goal (Kumle, 2006). Roles of Managers and Leaders Some say that the difference between a manager and being a leader is that management is career while leadership is a calling. Being a leader, one has to have a clearly defined convictions and most importantly, the courage of one’s convictions to see them manifest into reality (Kossoff, 2011). Effective leadership skills are developed and refined by time, experience, and a true desire to be more than just a manager, but a true leader. What roles do managers and leaders play in today’s environment?
Human Resource Management Roles Naticia Simon HCS/341 January 26, 2013 Norman Greene Human Resource Management Roles The Human Resource Department focuses on the management of the employees within an organization (Bhagria, A., 2012). People may think that human resources just deal with such things like benefits and getting your pay check, but there is more to it. Management has many of responsibilities which include the following: job analysis and design, recruitment and retention, selection and placement, performance appraisal, compensation, and labor management relations. The main responsibility of human resource management is to find reliable employees. This is done through recruitment and retention.