HR Roles and Responsibilities Paper
This paper will describe the changing role of Human Resource (HR) management in response to trends in globalization, technology, diversity, e-business, and ethics.
Globalization and Human Resource management, according to an article written by Susan Singh "The current challenge to human resource practitioners can be summed up as: adopt an entrepreneurial outlook and connect program to business outcomes, or lose out to the competitors in Asia and Latin America" (Singh, 2005). The article discussed a global study that was conducted on 320 organizations. The study pointed out that here was a clear association between increased businesses profitably and the use of performance measures, management development and workforce planning (Singh, 2005). In other words, HR should be more flexible when dealing with employees.
Technology and Human Resource management managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a necessary expense, rather than as a source of value to their organizations. However, research has demonstrated that HRM practices can be valuable. Decisions such as whom to hire, what to pay, what training to offer, and how to evaluate employee performance directly affect employees' motivation and ability to provide goods and services that customers value (Noe, 2003). Companies that attempt to increase their competitiveness by investing in new technology and promoting quality throughout the organization also invest in state-of-the-art staffing, training, and compensation practices. Effective management of human resources can form the foundation of a high-performance work system?an organizat ...