Human Resource is the most important and most challenging asset
of any organization. The human capital comprises employees from
various sects, nationalities, race, ethnicities, etc. Managing
Human Resource is managing the diverse mindsets of all the
employees and aligning them with the thought process of the
organization.
A HR Manager needs to look after the employee lifecycle in the
organization. From recruitment till separation, all employees
related activities must be taken care by the managers of Human
Department. The various aspects of managing human resource includes
the following:
- Recruiting the right resource: Recruitment is a critical
functionality of a HR department. The HR Manager must be well
equipped with judging the capabilities of all the candidates and
selecting the best fit as the potential recruit.
- Manpower Planning: The HR Manager needs to assess the manpower
requirement of business. Using data analytics, he needs to forecast
the future needs of manpower in business, compare it with the
existing resources and thus finalize the recruitment plan and
manpower-planning schedule.
- Manpower Allocation: The HR Manager is responsible for
allocating human capital to various domains of business. The HR
Manager needs to assess the competencies required for the job,
identify manpower whose capabilities match with the requirement and
allocate him to that domain. This allocation is very critical as it
impacts the performance of the entire domain.
- Culture alignment: The HR Manager is required to maintain the
culture sanctity of the organization. He must be able to
communicate the vision, mission and values of the organization to
the employees and must have the capability to align the employees
with the culture of the organization.
- Performance Management: The performance of an employee must be
managed efficiently to identify his strengths and weaknesses and
whether his capabilities can manage extra work. The HR Manager is
required to assess the work of the employees and share the
performance appraisal report for rewards and promotions.
- Training and Development: The employee must evolve in the
company. The development of the employee in the organization
increases his retention quotient and his skills and abilities,
which in turn improves his performance. The HR Manager must
acknowledge the performance gaps of the employees and nominate him
for trainings accordingly. The trainings must be designed to
acknowledge the performance gap of the employee.
- Grievance Management: The HR Manager links the employees with
the management. It is his duty to acknowledge employee grievances
efficiently. The HR Manager must not have a biased approach in
addressing grievances and he must be able to provide a solution to
the employee in turn around time.
- Exit Management: The separation process is another critical
work handled by the HR Manager. He is required to understand the
real reason behind the separation and check if it can be addressed
by any means. Keeping the attrition rates minimum is one of the
KPIs of HR managers. If the employee wants to separate from the
company, the HR Manager must facilitate the separation such that
the ex employee carries goodwill of the company.