Question

1. Discuss the strategic role that HRM plays within an organization
2. Descrive the main features and objectives of organizational developmeny in organizations

Answer 1

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HRM plays different strategic roles within an organization. The first strategic role played by HRM is to plan, prepare and ready the human resources in the organization according to the strategic objectives of the organization. It helps organization work in a direction that is decided on the basis of organizational strategy. The second strategic role played by HRM is make organization work as a system by giving them suitable training, development of leadership and building coherence so that whole organization works as system and all the functions pull in the same direction. It helps facilitation of strategic objectives. The third strategic role played by HRM is to build a suitable organizational culture, develop team work ethos while promoting innovation and creativity in the organization and promote diversity while taking initiatives to develop formal and informal system within the organizational culture. It makes organization ready to work in different business environment and become ready to compete. The fourth strategic role played by the HRM is to bring organizational development in the organization and keep organization ready as per the strategic management decisions while developing a culture of change. It makes organization to evolve and organization develops competitive advantages of different nature.

Above are some of the strategic roles played by HRM within an organization.

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2.

There are different features and objectives of the organizational development in the organization. As far as the features are concerned, the first feature is to promote more systematic approach and bring change to help organization become more effective. The second feature is to develop a culture of problem solving in the organization, where people solve problems and confront it, rather running away or hiding the problem. The third feature is to instill the culture of change where employees are in urgency mode to capitalize on coming opportunities and thwart threats coming from the business environment.

As far as objectives are concerned, the first objective to implement organizational development is to build strong cooperation and coordination among the employees while developing effective interpersonal skills in the organization. It helps organization to improve as a whole. The second objective is to institute process and procedures that develops problem solving culture in the organization and conflicts are also effectively resolved in the organizational setting. The third objective is bring motivation and dedication among the employees so that level of engagement and satisfaction increases among employees in the organization.