Basics of Human Resource Management

    This blogpost I am focusing on what is HR strategy and which components are involved there.  Companies need to consider and invest their HR strategy enough so that it will work and give good impression for the applicants so that they feel like it would be nice to be part of that organization. Challenges which HR department and managers are facing fall into three different categories: environmental, organizational and individual challenges. Environmental challenges mean rapid changes like workforce diversity, globalization, skill shortages and usage of Internet. Organizational challenges in the other hand mean how companies manage rise of outsourcing, technology development and restructuring in their company. Individual challenges centralize how well employees will fit to organization’s needs, how well individuals meet companies’ productivity requirements as well as how companies deal with issues of job insecurities (Mejia Gomez, 2016.)   That’s why it is crucial ...

  This blogpost I am going to focus on how companies deal with exit management and what employee separation actually means. There are always coming times when economy faces challenges and society have to adjust with it and usually at the beginning this is a shock for everyone. People are losing their jobs and when times are difficult it might be hard to find replacement. Companies and organizations try to find equal way how to treat their workers in times like this and it always involves many negotiations.    Employee separation happens when the employee leave from the company either voluntarily or involuntarily. It includes both costs and benefits. Costs are quite straight forward like, recruitment costs, training costs and costs from selection phase. Benefits on the other hand are reduced labor costs, replacement of not motivated employees and opportunity for greater diversity. Employee who leaves voluntarily are usually people who want to switch their career path and t...

    This blogpost I am going to focus on employee’s overall wellbeing in the organization. There are two different laws concerning employee’s safety: an employer-funded insurance system which operates at the state level plus law that mandates safety standards in the workplace (OSHA). This second one for example keep records of illnesses and injuries that happens in the workplace. Most of the companies follow some safety program in the organization which allows employers to see how many injuries have happened for example in one year (Mejia Gomez, 2016.)   OSHA (Occupational Safety and Administration) states in their website that workers have right to decline from work duties if all the statements that they have told are met in the organization and regarding the job that employee is doing. They have a very good guide in the website what to do if this situation occurs (U.S Department of Labour)     As a subject this is very important for all the employees to rememb...

Employee engagement has changed enormously during recent years. Employer has to be able to keep its employees motivated in order to keep them in the company. Nowadays talented employees will constantly search for other career opportunities if they feel like they are not satisfied with the current one. Globalization has enabled people to look various job markets elsewhere and the competition between various field is huge. This also means that companies are becoming more multinational than ever before. Employers have difficult task to attract new workers to join the company because they have to consider possible cultural differences and how to react to these. Other important thing is to arrange appropriate training and working tools so that employees will learn how to use them daily in the organization. With right tools and knowledge how to use them employees get the feeling that they know what they are doing and that raises the engagement for the company (Hay Group, 2014.) The employer ...