HR roles and responsibilities paper
For some the Human Resource Department and managers are to fulfill a few specific duties. Among the duties that the human Resource Department has fulfill are to ensure tat the State and Federal laws are followed, managing the benefit packages of the company, handling worker compensation issues, handle the paperwork needed to hire/fire employees, handle payroll, and maintain employee records. Today more companies are looking to the Human Resource Department to do more, such as training, staffing, managing the employees to help optimize work performance and ensure job satisfaction. As companies look toward the future trends so will the human Resource Department, such trends that will be briefly discussed will be globalization, diversity, E-business, technology, and ethics.
Globalization
"Companies are finding that to survive the must compete in international markets as well as fend off foreign competitors' attempts to gain ground in the United States. To meet these challenges, U.S. businesses must develop global markets, keep up with competition from overseas, hire from an international labor pool, and prepare employees for global assignments?value on employees requires the companies to emphasize human resource practices, including rewards for superior performance, measure of employee satisfaction, careful selection of employees, promotion from within, and investment in employee development?for today's and tomorrows employees, talent comes from a global workforce?small businesses that stick close to home often find that qualified candidates include some immigrants to the United States?despite the risks, many organizations that have hired globally are realizing high returns (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhert, Wright, 2003)." For the Huma ...