HR and Communication in Project

HR AND COMMUNICATION IN PROJECT
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................3
1.1 Aim and objectives............................................................................................................3
1.2 Project Deliverables..........................................................................................................3
2. Project Human Resource Management....................................................................................4
2.1 Broad concept of human resource management....................................................................4
2.2 Organizational breakdown structure Westpac.......................................................................7
2.3 Roles and Responsibilities.....................................................................................................8
2.4 RACI Matrix..........................................................................................................................9
2.5 Staffing Management Plan:..................................................................................................10
2.5.1 Resources acquisition and release plan.........................................................................11
2.5.2 HR calendar and histogram:..........................................................................................11
2.5.3 Staff induction and training plan:..................................................................................11
2.5.4 Function of HR..............................................................................................................11
3. Project Communications management......................................................................................13
3.1 Project communication requirement....................................................................................13
3.2 Project Information management system (PMIS)................................................................14
3.3 Project performance report...................................................................................................16
3. Project Stakeholder management...........................................................................................17
5. Integration..................................................................................................................................20
5.1 Integrating project HR.........................................................................................................20
5.2 Communications and stakeholder aligned with stakeholder strategic plan.........................20
6. Conclusion.................................................................................................................................21
Reference list.................................................................................................................................22
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1. Introduction
Human Resource plays a vital role in securing a successful working environment. The function is
to build working partnerships and create an environment in which a worker can thrive and
achieve the goal of an organization. Human resources is an integral part of a company that
oversees functions starting from the recruitment, training, legal matters, settling disputes to
communicating with employees at all levels. Good human resource planning helps in higher
productivity. The project is designed to understand the role of human resources in relation to
communication management. The role of a human resource manager is to analyze and recognize
the necessary goals of the company and drawing necessary activities to satisfy the needs of the
firm. Westpac is one of the oldest firms in Australia and one of the major banks in New Zealand.
With the vision of being the best in customer service Westpac has spread its network worldwide.
The firm has a rich history and a strong human resource that was a part of this journey. From
providing financial aid to companies of all sizes to ensuring safe investments, this firm fully
concentrates on being customer-centric.
1.1 Aim and objectives
The aim of this research is to examine broad concept of HR in respect to Westpac along with
different communication tool to transfer information among associate team member.
Objectives
 To analysis the role and responsibilities of HR in respect to Westpac
 To understand examine the significance of human resource management
 To develop a stakeholder management plan
 To recommend the most effective and reliable strategies to improve the effectiveness of
HR
1.2 Project Deliverables
Deliverables Time scale
Human Resource Managements (HRM) in
respect to Westpac
1 Week
Organization breakdown structure 1 Week
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Role and responsibilities of associate
employees with the help of RACI matrix
1.5 Weeks
Project stakeholder management helps in
managing their needs and demands vividly
1 Week
Importance of integration project HR to
improve the reliability of project manager
2 Weeks
2. Project Human Resource Management
2.1 Broad concept of human resource management
Human Resources is the backbone of the company. Without manpower, a company wouldn’t
run. Human resource management is responsible for interviewing, hiring, training, deploying
duties and managing employees in an organization. It is mostly used to describe the people who
work in an organization. The HR department is highly responsible for creating policies and
putting them into effect in the relationship of the company with its employees. Human Resource
Management is the term used for organizing and developing the human workforce in a company.
It is the management of employees who are an asset to the business (Ganah and John, 2015). The
ultimate goal is to make effective use of manpower, reduce risks, and increase the return on
investment (ROI). A few noteworthy objectives of HRM are as follows:
● Developing policies that work help in the ethical and societal needs of the employees.
This also includes legal issues, providing equal opportunity and equal pay to all
employees irrespective of the gender.
● Human Resource Management has an important goal of maintaining the organizational
goal. Hiring the right candidates, training them for the job role for maximum job
efficiency and maintaining employee retention is a part of the organizational goal.
● Following the guidelines helps in running the manpower to the fullest potential.
Allocating effective HR policies helps in functioning as a whole.
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● Human resource management also strives to help the potential employees of the firm in
personality and career development (Hardison et al. 2014). Top firms are known for
providing an educational opportunity to the employees for career advancement and
boosting an employee’s motivation and work satisfaction with the firm.
The functions of Human resource management can be divided into sections that involve
functions related to pre-recruitment, while recruitment, and post recruitment.
● Recruitment is the core function of Human resource management. Hiring the right
candidate for a designated job role is extremely essential. For every process of
recruitment, an HR manager is assigned to overlook the task. Recruitment is a
challenging task especially if it involves technical hiring. Advanced tools are being
adopted by the managers to keep track of the services related to recruitment. Once a
candidate is on board the training manager takes up the task to give proper training to the
candidate while keeping in mind the policies of the firm. Retaining an efficient worker at
a firm get can be quite a task. A human resource strives to retain the best workers for the
organization.
● Human resource professionals are responsible for talent management at a competitive
level. The successful recruitment process focuses on creating the best impression of the
organization for the worker’s perspective. It includes learning and development services
for the full round training the employees, scope of work and development from the career
aspect. Career growth and training options can help to boost an employee’s satisfaction
and most importantly, employee retention.
● Workforce management is another vital role in Human resource management. It
optimizes the worker’s productivity and creates a day to day schedule for accomplishing
the given task to the employees. Forecasting helps to know the requirements that are
required for the completion of a project. Budgeting plays a vital role in forecasting as it
would help to foresee if the project has sufficient capital as well as manpower for the
completion of the project.
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