Managing Human Resources

Managing Human
Resources
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
1) Definition of Employee Wellbeing, its scope, nature and limits in general practice..............3
2) Example of an organisation’s attempt at Employee Wellbeing initiatives.............................6
3) Another example of an organisation’s attempt at Employee Wellbeing initiatives................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Management of human resource is a strategic approach with the help of which the managers
of the organisation control and manage the people working in the organisation so that the
employees can be made competitive and capable enough of taking competitive advantage. With
effective control and guiding the performances of the employees can be improved and this
enhances the profitability of the company. Human resource management plays crucial role in the
organisation in managing the people efficiently as they undertake various HR practices. Such
practices help them to determine the requirement of trainings, compensation and benefits to the
employees etc. While the leaders in the organisation contributes in managing the workforce with
various initiatives such as they focus upon managing the culture of the workplace, environment
and working conditions, ensures the safety of the employees and many more. It enables them in
achieving effectiveness in the organisation as the level of motivation of the employees will
improve due to which they contribute to the goals and efforts of the organisation efficiently. In
this report the perspectives of Duty of Care are taken into consideration which aims to benefit the
employees. This report includes the concept of employee wellbeing, its nature and scope,
limitation. Later in the report the initiatives of two organisations for well being of the employees
are considered.
MAIN BODY
1) Definition of Employee Wellbeing, its scope, nature and limits in general practice
Employee well being is the concept that is related with the mental health and the
physiological behaviour of the employees which contributes in the level of satisfaction level of
the job and their heath. Mental ill health is a disorder condition which has impact on the moods
and behaviour of an employee, their capability of thinking and performing. Some of the example
of state of mental illness is eating disorder, addictive behaviour, anxiety and many more
(Nankervis and et. al., 2016). For managing this, an organisation adopts various strategies and
conducts various programs that enable them in dealing with such illness. They provide them
guidance about how to deal with such situation and this brings positive behaviour among the
employees at the workplace. With the help of an environment with better working conditions the
well being of employees can be ensured. It can be related with the conformability of the
employees and that leads to their happiness. Well being of the employees adds on quality in their
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life and this has impact on their performances as with this their health improves. It has various
dimensions which includes physical, emotional, spiritual, social and intellectual. The process of
well being of employees can be defined as a procedure in which the emphasis is laid down on the
changes and opportunities for the employees so that the impact of challenges that they may face
can effectively be minimised. It can be done by adopting various practices and such practices
includes curious about moments, developing better relations with other employees, developing
confidence for learning new things so that the changes can easily be adopted by them etc. For the
organisation it is important to understand it as a holistic approach in which various factors need
to be taken into consideration that shapes the behaviour of the employees towards their work and
how as an employer they can influence their behaviour effectively (Mäkikangas and et. al.,2016).
The nature of an employee well being are some characteristic that need to be understood
by the organisation and the employees as this has impact on the well being of an individual.
Various such characteristics includes that it is important for an employee to have better and
strong social connection as with this they can get assistance for doing things an working with
other in a tem which will develop better understanding with colleagues. The safety and the
security of the employees also define the satisfaction level of the employees as the rewards and
benefits provided to the employees motivate them to perform as satisfies their needs. Creativity
in the employees and the organisation leads to the well being of the employees as with this the
employee do the same thing differently which improves their performance. While with creative
mindset the managers can suggest various ways to the employees for dealing with various
challenges that they may face. The sense of belongingness also has impact on the well being of
the employees as with this the organisation ensures that the employees will perform better as
they fell some responsibility towards the organisation. This can make an employee perform
better and contribute to the goals and objectives of the organisation as per requirements (Islam
and Al Amin, 2016).
The scope of wellbeing of an employee for an organisation is consistently increasing due to
changing perception set of the employees. For the organisation it is important to consider these
factors as they contribute in the profitability and productivity of the organisation. With the
employee wellbeing, the employees can be motivated as better working environment support the
worker of an organisation to perform better and to build healthy relationship with others working
in organisation. The wellbeing of the employees has scope of increasing engagement of
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