The How, What, and Why of Employee Activism at Google In recent months, the preeminent Tech Firm and Silicon Valley Behemoth has been in the news for how its employees have become activists and are forcing its management to jettison some projects as well as lead walkout protests against what they perceive as a former […]
Month: July 2021
How Firms Recruit Employees in the Age of Big Data and Analytics?
How do firms recruit employees in the age of Big Data? While this might seem to be a question with a simple and obvious answer, the reality is that the entire recruitment process is a complex and detailed activity that needs close analysis and deep explanation to understand what is that firms do when they […]
Human Resource Outsourcing
What is Human Resource Outsourcing? Human Resource Outsourcing is a practice in which an organization hires a third-party organization to handle its human resources activities. In other words, HR outsourcing is the process of receiving work previously completed by corporate personnel from sources outside the company. Need & Benefits of Human Resource Outsourcing: Cost-effective When […]
The Standard Causal Model of HRM
What is the Standard Causal Model of HRM The Standard Causal Model of HRM is outstanding amongst other known models of HRM. This model has been gotten from numerous comparative models that were distributed all through the 90’s and mid 2000’s. The model portrays a causal chain that has the beginning stage as business procedure […]
The HR Value Chain
What does the HR value chain resemble? It’s a three-advance procedure that starts with HRM exercises, trailed by HRM results and hierarchical targets. It obviously portrays how HR exercises lead to hierarchical objectives. What value does HR add to an association? The inquiry “What value does HR add to an association?” has consistently been hard […]
What Is HR Strategy?
A Human Resource strategy is a business’s overall plan for managing its human capital to align it with its organization goals. The Human Resource strategy sets the direction for all the key areas of HR, including hiring, performance appraisal, development, and compensation. The HR strategy is thus a long-term plan that dictates HR practices throughout […]
HRM and HRD
Interview questions revolving around the difference between human resource management and human resource development have been taking many participants by surprise. The same is true for new employees who find it difficult to distinguish between HRM and HRD at the best of times. This article throws light on the difference between HRM and HRD in […]
What is HR Automation?
Human Resource Automation (HR Automation) is the technology that automates repetitive HR processes and streamlines time-consuming tasks, like recruitment, payroll, attendance management, benefits administration, and employee operations. This frees up time for the HR department to focus on complex and strategic tasks that are more valuable to the company, without sacrificing on quality and reducing […]
The Challenges of Managing Attrition in Contemporary Organizations
The Reasons for Attrition In recent months, there has been a spate of news items about how attrition is taking its toll on many organizations in Asia and especially in the IT sector in India. Whereas in the west, because of the recession and the gloomy economic conditions, attrition is no longer an issue and […]
Role of HRD in Determining Fit between an Employee and His Role
The previous article on personality briefly discussed how organizations and the HRD function determine the fit between the employee and his or her role. This article looks at this topic in depth with specific reference to the role of the HRD function and the managers in this alignment. For starters, whenever an employee is hired, […]
Why It’s Boom Time to Pursue an SHRM-SCP Certification?
The organization has a reliable reputation in the HR industry, and an SHRM-SCP certification proves that you have got core competency in human resources.
List of Human Resource Topics for Improving Manager-Employee Relations
When employees and their managers have mutually respectful and cooperative relationships, the workplace is a happier and more productive place. If you feel that manager-employee relationships are not as strong as they could be within your workplace, select some areas of focus relating to the development of these relationships. After selecting topics upon which to […]
The Necessity of Drafting Proper and Foolproof Employment Contracts
What Are Employment Contracts ? Employment contracts are covenants between the employer and the employee which provide the basis and the terms and conditions for the employment relationship. Employment Contracts usually state how much salary would be paid, what the perks are, the nature of the employment relation, the basis for firing when the employee […]