Human Resource Management - Number of Challenges

People are significant components of any organization without whom organization cannot
exist. The presence of people is immense as they are the pillars of development that enables the
organization to realize its objectives (Batti, 2013). Human resource management therefore, is a
department that plays crucial role in the success of an organization as it is responsible of
providing sustainable competitive advantage. It can be simply described as a process that assists
the organization in recruiting, selecting and developing a competent staff within the organization
(Batti, 2013). Today, the world of business and organizations is increasingly demanding and
turbulent (Burke and Cooper, 2006). Human resource therefore, faces a number of challenges as
they try to work out formula that would see the business or organize thriving.
The common challenges human resource management faces in any organization includes
and not limited to compliance with the law, this is where the department faces the challenges of
keeping up with the changing employment laws (Aycan, 2001). In deed ensuring that an
organization fully complies with all the employment laws is not a walk in the park. Leadership
gaps, is another challenge human resources department goes through, for instance a vacancy may
come up but the leadership of the organization refuses or delay the plans to fill up the gap due to
unknown reasons (Batti, 2013). Rewarding and compensation, this is another challenge that
troubles many organizations as to how best they should reward or compensate their employee,
Turkey having two-third of its organization with fault compensation systems (Aycan, 2001).
Career training and developed is a fundamental aspect of human resource management but it
comes with some couple of challenges say, lack of effective evaluation scheme for the training
effectiveness (Aycan, 2001). On the other hand some organization after the induction training,
they tend not organize for other training to further equip their employees with new skills (Batti,
2013).