Human resources
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- Created on: 06-04-17 16:38
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- Human resources
- hard approach- treats employees as a resource to be monitored and used effectively in order to achive strategic objectives.
- this means employees are directed. this approach is a control mechanism. this is limited to authoritarian or autocratic leadership styles.
- employees opinions are not as valid.
- hard approach will help to manage workers to improve performance if the staff are making errors and mistakes.
- this may decrease motivation in the workforce.
- staff appraisal can be completed, this allows staffs individual performance to be monitored and improved.
- soft approach
- treats employees as valuable assets,a major source of competitive advantages which is vital in its importance to achieving strategic objectives.
- This approach mean that HR objectives will focus on motivational issues, culture, leadership styles and industrial relations. This is linked to demographic style to management.
- Employees opinions are more valid.
- This approach allows employers to provide employees with reward and recognition, thus increasing motivation. this will Also reduce absenteeism and labor turnover.
- tasks
- They meet the needs of employees.
- see the employee as a vital part within a business.
- recruitment process.
- resolves arguments between employees.
- deal with salaries.
- oversee training
- induction training
- motivation
- employee rights
- health and saftey
- retention rates.
- definition of human resources: the management of people in the work place to assist the organisation to achieve its objectives.
- why do business set HR objectives?
- helps to achieve general objectives, helps to improve employee performance, helps mangers to notice problems early on so they have less impact on the business.
- 3 traits of a good HR manger...
- good communicator-to speak to different people.
- good initiative- to resolve numerous problems.
- make good decisions.
- employee involvement-an objective that seeks to enable employees to contribute more in order to improve their performance.
- employee engagement- when employees independently take their initiative to engage within a business.
- talent development-building the knowledge and skills of others in a firm to give them the ability to grow. therefore making the business more successful.
- hard approach- treats employees as a resource to be monitored and used effectively in order to achive strategic objectives.
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