In Order to present the underlying theoretical and methodological rationale for this study, this chapter highlights the role of recruitment and selection practices. For this purpose, Theories associated with HRM and impact of recruitment and selection practices has been explored through extensive review of books, articles and web pages.
2.1 The concept of Human Resource Management
According to Heathfield (2000) defines human resource management (HRM) as the organizational function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation, hiring, performance management, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, administration, and training. HRM is the function within an organization that
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It also required co-ordination in formulation and implementation of the several personnel policies and practices. Together these events in personnel management required a growing body of knowledge and professionalization among the professionals engaged in dispute of managing people. To give recognition to this transformation in the discipline the field acquired the definition “Human Resource Management”.
2.2 Human Resource Management Functions
Human resource functions represent what people and organizations do and they affect executive thought, action and firm’s performance. The HRM function includes a variety of activities like planning, Job analysis, recruitment and selection, Training and development systems, Career Development, Compensation & benefits, Rewards/Recognition, Performance management and employee relations.
2.2.1 Human Resource Planning
HR planning was initially an important aspect of job analyses and was often used as bases for determining strengths and weaknesses among the employees and to develop the skills and competences they needed (Gallagher, 2000). As individual career plans started to gain more popularity, companies gradually started to pay more attention to the certain skills and competences among individual employees as a way of aligning and dealing with the companies’ succession planning (Kuratko and Morris
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For example an organization cannot make a truly effective decision on a recruitment and selection program without having performed at least a basic job analysis. Neither can an organization make an effective decision when it comes to promotions, raises, compensation plans, benefits programs, training programs and a number of other essential programs and policies that the organization needs to survive and grow. According to Clifford (1994) an effective growth program for an organization cannot be formed without performing a job analysis. If the organization does not know how much each new employee will be compensated, what their qualifications need to be, and what they will be doing, then the organization cannot make effective decisions on any subject dealing with these topics (Clifford,
The San Diego Police Department would be lost without HR management. How would the department know what to do to reach their goals? They would just be blundering around only fighting crime and not looking ahead, planning for future goals. The leadership might have an idea of the direction they are going, but without HR functions, they would not know what to do in order to get there. The plan structures the department giving it stability.
Case in point would be the layoff situation. In order to determine who should/would be laid off when there was a downsize in workforce, there needed to be information regarding all the employees put together to cross reference with what other files contain. This way, when the time comes to unfortunately let some of the valued employees go, those who are spared are the ones with the correct seniority and status within the department. This check and balance system would have to be continually refined and evaluated to ensure the proper measures are being
Most closely related to operations, the decisions can determine how staff are needed and what attributes they will need in order to execute their tasks. Adversely, HR management may generate limits to options available to operations. Perhaps the most important part of the transformation process is human labor. HR management ensures workers are correctly suited to their jobs and ensures all tasks are completed within the business. Communication of decisions made by operations on how to produce a product affects decisions made by HR management with regards recruiting, training and termination of employment contracts.
The human resource management is vital in safeguarding that the people employed by an organization live up to their capabilities. This can be done by creating a strategy plan that aligns with the organizational goals. Their actions are designed to move that plan forward. The HR function should focus on value-adding activities to support the execution of the business strategy and objectives. By implementing the strategic plan organizations achieve results.
INTRODUCTION Human resource management is the strategic approach to the management of an organization 's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the goals of the business (Armstrong, M., 2006). In other words, human resource management is a to work with employees, and for the employees, to help them solve their problems. Therefore, human resource is a complicate department, as they deal with people who already work there, they also deal with several issues which happen among new employees, such as recruitment, selection and so on. Nowadays, employee retention becomes one of the most significant issue in the organizations, and managers are aiming to find the best employees
The Harvard Model of HRM: Back in 1984, Beer et al developed the Harvard model of the HRM. Beer et al believe that the human resource is passes many of pressures nowadays, therefore, eliminating the pressures is required. These pressures could be eliminating by having a long-term perspective in terms of controlling people and potential assets rather than just variable costs. As a result, Beer et al approach the Harvard Model of the HRM. The purpose of this model is to solve the pressures that may occur in the HR of any organizations; these pressures include all management decisions that will affect the relationship between the organizations and their workers, in addition to a clear plan for the HRM policies and procedures by the manager of
Introduction Job analyses and job descriptions are used by the Human resource consultants and experts as an elementary unit for many functions of human resource department that includes recruiting and employing, evaluating performance and ranges of salary (Levine et al 1988). As according to Brannick et al (2007), job analyses is an important factor in business that ensures the correct hiring of desired individuals for various jobs. Job analyses protect ensures protection of companies against claims (Veres et al1987), and it help businesses to adequately reward their staffs (Smith et al 1990). According to Fleishman & Mumford (1991), accuracy of Job analyses affect many of the HR functions, So, it is essential to make sure that job analyses is performed properly and in detail. A job analysis implies collecting information on the approaches to evaluate performance, worker-oriented behaviors, job-oriented conducts, and workers behaviors during working with materials, machines, and equipment, job environment and worker’s requirements (Harvey, 1991).
'A psychological test is any procedure on the basis of which inferences are made concerning a person 's capacity, propensity or liability to act, react, experience, or to structure or order thought or behaviour in particular ways ' (The British Psychological Society). The psychometric tests which companies make use of when selecting among job applicants have the potential to provide us with information about the kind of skills which employers are really looking for and they do provide additional information to that available in skill surveys. Psychometric tests are most likely to be used for managerial and graduate vacancies, and are seldom used for manual vacancies. The costs of these tests are substantial. This implies that
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: 3.1 RECRUITMENT & SELECTION Recruitment and selection is one of the most important management functions. The whole process represents a significant investment in both financial and other resources. Recruitment and selection are two of the most important functions of personnel management. Recruitment procedure selection and helps in selecting a right candidate.
Introduction Employees are crucial to any business, and so it is extremely important for an organisation to have a great understanding to the recruitment and selection process. This process is used to make sure the right candidate is chosen for the job. The aim of the research is to create a better understand of the recruitment and selection process and what takes organisation to recruit new employees. The recruitment and selection process has so many different elements to think about, and this essay reflects on how the organisation searches for possible candidates to recruit. Recruitment and selection process is dealt with mostly the human resource (HR) department, although in many organisations it is common for other heads of department to be involved in the process to make sure that technical considerations are assessed during recruitment and selection so that no faults are made.
In a company Human Resource is a very important part of the strategic plan. The HR department is the go-to when a company decides how to approach a problem or gain Ideas. If there needs to be hiring, the HR department will take care of it. They will provide the proper training and tools to achieve the organizations goals. There must be a strategic plan put in place that way everyone is on the same page internally within the company to be successful outside of the company.
1.4.1 Literature Review HRM practices are a process of engaging, motivating, and maintaining employees to ensure the organizational survival (Schuler and Jackson, 1987). According to (Delery and Doty, 1996) HRM practices are prepared and implemented in a way that human capital plays important role in achieving the goals and objectives of the organization. The appropriate use of HRM practices strongly influence the standard of employer and the degree of employee commitment (Purcell, 2003). HRM practices like, training and development, performance appraisal allow the employees to do better in order to enhance the organizational performance (Snell and Dean, 1992; Pfeffer, 1998).
Administration and operations are the two major areas covered under HR. Human Resource Management is a wing of the organization, which is formulated to maximize the employee performance in serving the employer’s objectives. HR concentrates on people management within the organization. HR departments carry out the activities like employee benefit schemes, design employee recruitment procedures, training and development methodologies, managing performance appraisal of
P2) Explain the Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to Recruitment and Selection Recruitment and Selection Recruitment can be defined as searching for and obtaining a pool of potential candidates with the desired knowledge, skills and experience to allow an organisation to select the most appropriate people to fill job vacancies against defined position descriptions and specifications. (Ref-Green, Paul C. Building Robust Competencies: Linking Human Resource Systems to Organizational Strategies. Jossey-Bass, 1999.) External recruitment brings new blood, new face to the organization.
Human Resource Management (HRM) established in early 20th century, it is an integrated set of roles, functions, components, decisions, systems and processes in the whole system that meet the needs and support the work performance of all stakeholders to accomplish organizational goals (Hassani, Mobaraki, Bayat, & Mafimoradi, 2013). In healthcare system, HRM is a vital management of different kinds of clinical and non-clinical staffs who are responsible for public and individual health intervention (Kabene, Orchard, Howard, Soriano, & Leduc, 2006). However, the problem of recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals (HCP) are challenging the HRM of healthcare which would lead to inadequate healthcare services in a country (Kadam et al.,