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If you were to start a business, which aspects of human resource management would you entrust to a specialist? Why?
Human resource specialists most often possess certain areas of expertise, such as recruiting, training, and labor relations. Human resource generalists usually perform the full range of HRM activities, such as recruiting, training, compensation, and employee relations. The cost associated with the difference between the hiring of a specialist or a generalist would need to be considered, as this is a newly established company. A full picture of organizational size, objectives, financial standing, as well as organizational need would have to be examined prior to selecting a specialist or a generalist to guide the HR process.
There are several areas of HR but it is dependent on the size of the business to whether you have no HR and thus no specialists, or a whole team. As a business grows, management is more likely to hire more staff for HR, the text said one HR representative for between 1-100 staff. If you start a business you are likely going to have no specialists.
The answer may vary person to person because this is the point where every person has different point of view. Because in startups you don’t know what all problems you may face as HR. but the main purpose is to hire staff for the company.