Issues and Recommendations for Effective Human Resource Management

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Introduction
Human resource is a specific term that was being used in the 1900s; it was used widely in
1960s. It was introduced for people that work for numerous organizations in aggregate. Human
Resource management can be defined as employee management as well. In this management the
employees are considered as assets of that particular business. In the context of Human Resource
Management, employees can be referred to as human capital (Armstrong & Taylor, 2014). The
management of human resources aim in making effective use of its employees maximizes the
return from investment and reducing the number of risks faced by the organization.
Traditional human resource management was very different from modern human
resource management. In the modern days, the term modern HR technology called Human
Capital Management (HCM) is more frequently used that HRM. The later mentioned term is
more widely adopted by small, medium and large companies as well as different organizations
related to software in order to manage numerous functions belonging to HR. Human Resource
Management consists of numerous functions, the areas include recruitment of employees,
retention as well as on boarding, talent management as well as workforce management,
assignment on various job roles, compliance of labor law, compensation, training and learning,
performance management, planning regarding succession, employee recognition and engagement
and many more (Brewster, Chung & Sparrow, 2016). These functions should be followed in a
proper manner, in case they are not carried out appropriately the department of HRM faces
numerous problems and the problems in turn affects the performance of employees.
The assignment discusses regarding various issues faced by Human Resource
Management in details. It also provides some recommendations that can be utilized by the

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organizations in order to avoid the issues and enhance the performance of employees and
organization in whole.
Discussion
Issues
Employees are considered a company’s asset. Businesses that invest in the teams that
they have would enjoy great growth, it would also outpace the competition. Effective Human
Resource Management is very important for any organization, this is because it creates a unique
culture in the workplace, and it emphasizes expectations, rules as well as standards for the
workplace (Chelladurai & Kerwin, 2017). Good HRM can help everyone to understand work
diversity, facilitate effective communication between employees and HR, it strengthens the value
of training as well as development and it eliminates the uncertainty of employees.
It is important to know the common HR problems that persist in an organization. this
would help the organization to put right policies as well as procedures in proper place. The
organization should understand the complexities in employee benefits, leadership development,
employment laws and many more areas would help the organization to stay ahead of the
competition as well as meet their business goals in future (Brewster, Houldsworth & Sparrow,
2016). There are numerous human resource issues that are significant. These issues are faced by
employers as well as employees. As the small and large scale businesses, the requirement of
human resource management and the ability to prevent the problems which accompany it is also
growing. Various issues faced by Human Resource Management are as follows
Recruitment and outsourcing: managing a workforce can be managed by knowing the
best ways to recruit the workforce. Recruitment has turned to be a marketing exercise in recent

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times. In order to recruit appropriate candidates, knowledge regarding ways to generate interest
in an organization or a certain job placement should be acquired (Wilton, 2016). Usually people
look for jobs that would address their requirements of a good family, home and work balance. A
good department of HR is not usually aware of this. The company also does not consider the
prospect of their security in a job in most of the times. Companies mostly concentrate on their
stability, employment and health benefits in the economic conditions that are unstable than
before.
Outsourcing is also considered as one of the major parts in the role of Human Resource
Management. Usually numerous organizations tend to hire freelancers in order to carry out their
extra tasks instead of recruiting salaried employees (Reiche, Stahl & Mendenhall, 2016).
Outsourcing creates problems for organizations because they are not aware of the policies
followed by the organization and there is not certain discipline followed by employees.
Compliance with laws and regulation: the laws related to employment keep changing
as the organizations develop and they try to improve the working principles of the company.
Coping up with the continuously changing employment laws is very difficult for the business
owners. Many organizations chose to ignore the laws of employment. They believe that these
laws do not apply to their organizations (Helmreich & Merritt, 2017). This might result in
lawsuits and audits. If this is done to the extreme point, the company might also get demised by
the company. This proves to be an issue for organizations.
Changes in management: the strategies utilized by an organization and its structure
changes when the organization grows its business. The internal processes change as well. The
growth of organizations produces new and innovative strategies, methods and structure. The