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1. MGT 431 Human Resource Management
Week 1 DQ 1
What is the new strategic role of human resources (HR)? How does this
role affect you in your current position? Is this effect positive or negative?
Why?
The human resource department is a key ingredient to success in many 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, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, & Wright, 2007)." The strategic
plan of HR is to acquire and manage employees of the company. This process begins
with analyzing and creating specific jobs to be filled by the right people. Training and
development must be established along with pay and benefits. Creating and
communicating the policies are other responsibilities of HR. "Management also depends
on human resource professionals for help in ensuring compliance with labor laws, as well
as for support for the organization’s strategy—for example, human resource planning and
change management (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, & Wright, 2007)."
This role has affected me in both a negative and positive way. The positive way is the
fact that they are the reason I have the career I have. They interviewed me and explained
the job requirements in great deal. The interview they conducted was thorough and
enabled me to display my talent and positive attitude towards contributing. The negative
way HR affected me in my current position is training. The training I received at my
current job was inadequate. We are so short handed I was basically thrown out there to
sink or swim. Luckily with my prior experience and determined attitude I was able to
swim, although sometimes I feel like I am just floating. The lack of training has caused
me to get frustrated and as if I am not doing my job efficiently. My manager assures me I
am doing extremely well, especially with no training.