An Outline of an HR Audit

HR, HR Audit

A regular human resources audit can improve the services your HR department renders to both employees and applicants. It can also determine whether your organization is in compliance with labor and employment laws. Auditing all of your HR practices and functions can take time and resources. Small businesses without enough staff to devote their full-time […]

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HR Strategic Objectives

HRM, HR, Human Resource

Strategic human resources objectives are goals aligned with the organization’s goals. In fact, in “Human Resource Management Theory and Practice,” authors John Bratton and Jeffrey Gold identify strategic human resource management as the “managerial process requiring human resource (HR) policies and practices to be linked with the strategic objectives of the organization.” A number of […]

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Functions & Practices of Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management

Human resources functions are significantly different from HR practices. Functions are comprised of transactional activities that can be handled in-house or easily outsourced. Practices are part conceptual, part implementation of an HR strategy, comprised of systems that follow the normal or customary way of doing business. The term “best practices” refers to the HR systems […]

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HRM: Employee Files Checklist

HRM, HR

One of the most important functions of the human resources department is record-keeping, including employment files, benefits and safety management files, training and development records. The employee file contains a record of every employment action. Employment files—often called personnel files—require exacting, precise measures to ensure the files are accurate, complete and up-to-date. In many organizations, […]

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