Human resource management involves practices used by managers and HR workers and automated systems to manage people. Examples of HRM practices include performance management, hiring, firing, training, payroll and employee benefits administration. Without organizational coordination through HRM practices, managing personnel is cumbersome, which can leave employees feeling dissatisfied and wanting to work for a more organized firm.
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Promoting Positive Behavior
A successful organization creates a positive working environment and favorable benefits for employees through HRM practices, keeping employees happy and productive. In a broad sense, HRM practices reinforce and reward desired employee behaviors. The flip side of this coin involves ways that managers don’t reinforce or reward employees’ undesirable behaviors. These aspects of managing employees must fit the company culture and conform to U.S. employment standards and laws.
Developing Employees
HRM practices satisfy employees and encourage them to contribute to a company’s intellectual assets. Workers’ knowledge and skills can increase a business’ competitive advantage. Effective organizations capitalize on this positive effect of HRM by helping employees improve. These firms provide resources for employee education and training and chances to use and share knowledge.
Building a Flexible Workplace
HRM practices reflect shifting demographics in the workplace. Workers of the new century expect different conditions than those of the second half of the twentieth century. Today, U.S. workers are more diverse. There are also more older workers and employees with disabilities, as well as more part-time workers. Effects of HRM on these diverse workplaces relate to employer flexibility. Because organizations want to retain workers, they provide a flexible workplace, including flexible design of work environments, work assignments, work schedules, composition of work teams, work locations, accountability methods and communication formats. In flexible workplaces, employees can customize aspects of their job to suit their lifestyle.
Motivating Workers
Managers must maximize employee performance. That’s why employers tend to hire or promote managers who manage workers effectively. Successful managers implement HRM practices and help people increase feelings of being competent in their position and positively impacting the company. Employees working under positive managers tend to feel more motivated.
