Human Resource Function: Beyond the Obvious

The main role of a human resource manager is planning, developing and administering the programs and the policies designed for making the expeditious use of the human resources of an organization. Human resource management is concerned with employees working for a company and with the relationship of the employees within an organization.

The main objectives of human resource management include:

Desirable working relations among all the members of an organization

Effective use of human resources

Maximum development of individuals working for an organization.

Human resource function areas include:

Staffing

Planning

Employee maintenance and

Employee development

These are the four main areas of human resource and its related functions sharing the common objective of getting an adequate number of employees for an organization with abilities, experience, knowledge and skills required for achieving organizational goals. Each of the above human resource roles can easily be assigned to any one of the four areas of personal responsibility. However, there are some functions serving a variety of different purposes and therefore they need to go beyond the obvious in carrying out these functions. Performance appraisal by HR managers helps in stimulating and guiding the development of the employees along with salary administration functions. Compensation function carried out by them helps in the retention of employees and even serves in attracting potential employees to a company.

Going Beyond the Obvious in Searching for the Right Candidates for an Organization

The work experience of the HR managers requires them to get hold of the right candidates for different job opportunities within an organization. In order to carry out this function, they either call into different companies and hop on the phone or search the World Wide Web for resumes. However, this human resource function should not stop here. Going beyond the obvious in looking for the right employees means going beyond the first level of search. This involves having complete information of the employees either in person or on phone. This is called peer regression analysis or going through resumes looking for the previous companies that the candidates might have worked for. Post this; HR managers should conduct searches for people with similar roles in the previous companies. Looking beyond the obviously available information is something that helps in the making of a successful human resource manager.

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