Human Resource Management - Desklib

Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Human Resource Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT1
Answer to Question 1:
It can be mentioned that a human resource manager has to perform two fundamental
roles such as overseeing core department functions and managing employees or the entire
workforce. So, when these two functions are further sub-divided, the human resource
manager needs to be well-versed in human resource disciplines such as compensation,
benefits, training and development, employee relations and recruitment and selection. In
addition to this, human resource managers must have to perform strategic and functional
responsibilities for all sort of HR disciplines (Noe et al. 2015). However, the most important
responsibility of human resource manager is to address functional responsibilities and
manage employees.
In my opinion, HR professionals should be the voice for employees because HR
professional is responsible for hiring, selecting, training and assigning the individuals to
desired responsibilities. However, in most of cases, the same did not happen because
employees are most likely to ask to follow and report their team leaders or supervisors in the
respective department (Cascio 2015). If employees face any issues or they have any
opinions, employees themselves have to raise the voice on their own. Conversely, HR
managers at the initial stage of hiring communicate with the employees to have them placed
in work but later on employees are supposed to work under the respective leaders.
Answer to Question 2:
My key learning in the first half of the semester include human resource management,
people management, employee performance and leadership.
Application of the learning activities are significant because the knowledge I have
gained about human resource and employee performance will help me to understand in future
when I will be working with a company. For example, by working HR professional, I may