Articles on Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management (HRM) – Definition, Nature & Important Concepts

We often hear the term Human Resource Management, Employee Relations and Personnel Management used in the popular press as well...

Importance of HRM for Organizational Success

We have discussed the basic concept of HRM and the ways in which it helps the organization meet its goals....

Scope of Human Resource Management

Human resources are undoubtedly the key resources in an organization, the easiest and the most difficult to manage! The objectives...

Processes in Human Resource Management

Each organization works towards the realization of one vision. The same is achieved by formulation of certain strategies and execution...

What is Human Resource Planning?

Human Resource Planning (HRP) is the process of forecasting the future human resource requirements of the organization and determining as...

The HRM Function and its Role in Organizational Processes

The Changing Role of the HR Function Of all the support functions, the HRM (Human Resource Management) function is a...

Typical Functions of a Human Resource Manager

Introduction: The Typical Functions of a HR Manager Until now, we have discussed how the HRM function in organizations works...

Staffing Role of the HR Manager: Strategic Workforce Planning

Staffing and Recruiting during the Boom Years One of the key areas that the HRM unit works with is the...

Role of Human Resource Management (HRM) in Leadership Development

Leadership Development in Successful Companies The previous articles have discussed how the HRM function is now seen as a critical...

Role of HR Manager in People Enabling and People Empowerment

People Enabling and People Empowerment Until now, we have discussed the role of an HR manager in various processes related...

Talent Management by Successful Companies: Insights from Recent Research

Talent Management by Successful Companies The previous articles discussed how successful companies develop and nurture leaders and groom them for...

Management of Contractors

In recent times, there has been a marked movement towards outsourcing positions within the organization to vendors who would supply...

Performance Management as a HR Management Concept

The very mention of appraisals, reviews and ratings is enough to make seasoned professionals cringe and rejoice alike. For some,...

Performance Management in Successful Companies: Lessons from Cutting Edge Research

Introduction Continuing with our series of articles on HRM practices in successful companies, this article examines the performance management practices...

Hiring Strategies followed by Organizations

People are the lifeblood of any organization. Whether the organization is in the traditional sectors like manufacturing or it is...

Using Social Media Profiles of Job Applicants for Hiring Decisions

The Advantages of using Information about Job Applicants from Facebook Profiles In recent years, there has been a noticeable trend...

The Importance of Background Checks while Hiring New Employees

What are Background Checks? In recent years, corporates have been conducting background checks on potential recruits. Before we launch into...

Retention Strategies – Definition and its Components

Any employee retention strategy would necessarily include a plan for redressing employee grievances and ways and means to address employee...

Strategic Human Resource Management – A Tool to Achieve Organizational Goals

Strategic Human Resource Management is the practice of aligning business strategy with that of HR practices to achieve the strategic...

Global Human Resource Management – Meaning and Objectives

With the advent of globalization, organizations – big or small have ceased to be local, they have become global! This...

Difference between Personnel Management & HRM

Many students of management and laypeople often hear the term HRM or Human Resource Management and wonder about the difference...

Managing Employee Performance

Introduction Managing employee performance is one of the key drivers for organizational success in the present context of firms trying...

Performance Appraisal Process

For many employees working in the organized sector, the term appraisal process conjures images of hope and fear simultaneously. Hope...

Performance Appraisal Interview

Introduction We have discussed the performance appraisal process in earlier articles. In this article, we discuss the performance appraisal interview...

Managing Employee Relations

Literally speaking employee relations consists of all those areas in Human resource Management that involves general relationship with the workforce....

Employee Rewards and Recognition

Ask yourself the importance of a chocolate or a muffin to motivate your child to finish his homework or clean...

Variable Pay and Performance Linked Incentives

Variable Pay – Then and Now The practice of linking pay to performance has been around for a while. However,...

Diversity in Organizations

Introduction In recent years, organizations in all sectors have been aggressively working towards a concept called diversity of workforce. When...

Managing Workforce Diversity

Introduction We live in times when global corporations and their reach across the world bring benefits in terms of innovative...

Workplace Health and Safety

Statistics show that every twenty seconds of every working minute throughout the world, someone dies as a result of industrial...

Workplace Safety Programs

Effective designing and implementation of workplace safety programs can minimize the loss and damage caused to persons and property by...

An Online Guide to OSHA Safety Regulations, Standards and Checklist

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Labor, was created on December 30, 1970....

HR Challenges – How to cope with them efficiently ?

Human Resource Management used to be considered as other conventional administrative jobs. But over a period of time, it has...

Human Resource (HR) Audit – Meaning, Phases and its Advantages

Human Resource Audit is a comprehensive method of objective and systematic verification of current practices, documentation, policies and procedures prevalent...

HRM: Hiring in the Shadow of Stagnating Growth

How the times have changed for potential recruits There was a time in the late 1990s and early 2000s when...

The Challenges of Managing Attrition in Contemporary Organizations

The Reasons for Attrition In recent months, there has been a spate of news items about how attrition is taking...

Employee Separation Process

Employee Separation is the process of ensuring that an employee who quits the company is exited in a structured and...

Tips for Pursuing a Career in Human Resource Management

Choose the B-School Wisely For those of you wanting to pursue a career in human resource management or HRM, this...

The HRM Function and Its Role in Recessionary Times

The Case for the Importance of the HRM Function even in Recessionary Times In these recessionary times, it is tempting...

Roles of the People Manager and the Project Manager in Contemporary Organizations

The Difference between a People Manager and a Project Manager In recent times, there has been a trend in multinational...

Increasing use of Contract Staff and Temp Workers in the Corporate World

Hiring Temps and Contract Staff Of late, a trend that has been noticeable in the corporate world pertains to the...

The Necessity of Drafting Proper and Foolproof Employment Contracts

What Are Employment Contracts ? Employment contracts are covenants between the employer and the employee which provide the basis and...

Some Reasons Why Managers Must Practice Vacation Planning

Planned Vacations Contemporary organizational theories talk about the need to reduce person dependence and ensure that the show goes on...

Differing Perspectives on Hiring and Firing of Workers

Unemployment in the West In recent times, there have been mass layoffs in the Western world because of the ongoing...

What to do if You are Laid Off from Your Job

In these tough economic times, layoffs have become common in the United States and in Europe and the trend is...

Role of HR Consulting Firm During Termination and Outplacement

Termination of employment simply means the ending of employment in a particular organization. Termination of employment is inevitable in any...

Emotional Intelligence for Managers and Working Professionals

What is Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Quotient We often hear the term Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Quotient or EQ being...

Assigning Key Responsibility Areas (KRAs) to Employees

It is essential for management to know how to extract the maximum out of employees. Making employees deliver their level...

Role of HR in Performance Appraisals

Human resource department plays an important role in designing and implementing performance appraisals. Infact, the HR team acts as mediator...

HR Policies and Procedures Manual and Employee Handbook

The HR policies and procedures manual and employee handbook form the backbone of an organization. These documents consist of all...

Managing Downsizing in Organizations

What is Downsizing ? Downsizing or layoffs is the term used to refer to the practice of firing employees for...

Managing Attrition in Organizations

Reasons for Attrition Attrition is a fact of life for contemporary organizations. Employees leave organizations for a variety of reasons...

Rise of the Temp Jobs and the Freelance/Sharing Economy

The Emerging Uber Economy Most if not all of us would have heard of the ride sharing cab aggregator Uber....

What is Blind Hiring and Its Implications for the HR Profession

Recent surveys of Human Resource Managers (HR Professionals) has revealed that there are some companies that have embraced what is...

How Human Resource Managers should Manage Ethical Issues and Ensure Compliance ?

Organizations function according to some norms and values as well as have characteristic organizational culture that is the product of...

Issues Related to Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Sector

Introduction Human Resource Management is a critical and crucial component or function in any organization and more so, for organizations...

Human Resource Management in the Age of Acceleration

Welcome to the Age of Acceleration We live in times when speed is of the essence, and the ability to...

Human Resource Management in the Times of Emerging Digital Economy

Introduction: HRM in the Industrial and the Post-Industrial Eras The field of HRM or Human Resource Management has evolved from...

How to Manage Star Performers and High Achievers

What do the Terms Star Performers and Fast Trackers Mean? In every organization, some employees are designated as Star Performers...

Actualizing a High Trust Organization

Entities of People cannot Survive without Trust Trust is the lubricant that drives organizations, nations, and the global community. Without...

HRM Strategies for an Increasingly Complex, Uncertain, and Volatile World

Need for HRM Strategies to Change with the Times Given the volatility and uncertainty that characterize the present day world...

How Human Resource Managers can deal with Difficult Employees

Introduction One of the key challenges that HR (Human Resource) Managers face in any organization is how they respond to...

Why Human Resource Management Must Change for the Coming Robotics Revolution

The Coming Automation and Robotics Revolution Many experts have predicted that the robotics revolution and automation trends are coming sooner...

How Silicon Valley Firms are Implementing Innovative Human Resources Policies

In recent years, many Information Technology and Software firms in the Silicon Valley area have been implementing innovative Human Resources...

Effective HRM Strategies to Smoothen and Sweeten the Downsizing and the Layoff Process

Exits, Whether Voluntary Or Involuntary, are Inevitable Organizations let go of employees for a variety of reasons. While voluntary exits...

How HR (Human Resources) Function Can Save Time by Automating Routine Tasks

Automating the Recruitment Activities and Tasks Much of the work that the HR Function does is routine and repetitive in...

How HR Managers Can Help Employees Avoid Burnout and Manage Stress

In the increasingly fast-paced and uber-competitive business landscape, stress and burnout are inevitable consequences for employees in organizations that have...

Human Resource Management Strategies to Diversify the Workforce

HRM Strategies to Promote Diversity can Enhance Organizational Effectiveness A diverse enhances organizational effectiveness by creating a culture of plurality...

What is an HR Scorecard and How it Helps Contemporary Organizations?

The Evolution of the HR Function through the Decades Traditionally, Human Resources or HR was viewed as a support function...

How Using the HR Scorecard Creates Long Term Value for Organizations

Shorter Term Targets and the HR Function Typically, the Human Resources (HR) function is supposed to operate on short-term targets...

How Technology Can Help in Collection of Metrics for the HR Scorecard

The HR Scorecard Relies on Data The HR Scorecard is a data and metrics-driven tool that relies heavily on the...

HR Scorecard: Aligning People, Strategy, and Performance

HR Scorecard Aligns People, Strategy, and Performance Organizations consist of people who perform the needed work for them. Also, such...

How Using the HR Scorecard Can Address Organizational Dysfunction

The Causes and Reasons for Organizational Dysfunction and the People Factor Organizational Dysfunction can manifest due to a variety of...

Human Resource Management Best Practices in Contemporary Organizations

HRM Best Practices in Contemporary Organizations Contemporary Organizations embrace a variety of HRM or Human Resource Management Practices. These include...

Using HR Scorecard with Analytics to Actualize Next Generation Performance

How the Combination of the HR Scorecard and Analytics can be a Game Changer Analytics of all types is the...

How the HR Scorecard Helps Actualize Cross Functional Excellence in Organizations

How the HR Scorecard Helps Organizations What is the HR Scorecard? It is a tool that measures the performance of...

How the HR Scorecard can Help Gig Economy Firms to Manage Freelancers Better

How the HR Scorecard Helps Gig Economy Firms It is usually thought and understood that the HR Scorecard is useful...

How the HR Scorecard Helps Organizations to Actualize Change Management Initiatives

Organizational Change Initiatives Often Entail Human Resource Changes Organizational Change Initiatives need the involvement of the Human Resources (HR) function...

How Innovative HR Policies boost Employee Productivity and Organizational Effectiveness

How Innovative can the HR Function Get? Innovative Human Resources (HR) policies can go a long way in boosting employee...

Changing Recruitment Strategies of Corporates and Tips to Get Hired

The Changing World of Recruitment Over the years, there have been several changes in the recruitment strategies of corporate. For...

What is Social Mirror and How it Determines Individual Success in Career and Life

What is the Social Mirror and why does it Matter? In HRM (Human Resource Management) theory, there is a term...

What Do Hiring Managers Look for in Applicants when Making Hiring Decisions

The Importance of Soft Skills to Hiring Managers When organizations desire to hire employees for job openings, there are usually...

Why the Future of Work is Virtual, Gig Based, and Cognitive and its implications for HR

The Changing Nature of Work and the Transition to the Fourth Industrial Revolution Work, as we know it, is changing...

Why HR Managers Must Enforce Data Security and Information Protection Policies

When Knowledge is Power, It Makes Sense to Protect it from Theft In times when the knowledge based economy thrives...

Why Corporates Must Have Wellness Managers as well as HR Managers

The Need for Employee Wellness Managers In recent months, there has been a spate of articles in leading management journals...

What is Employee Ghosting and How HR Managers and Organizations Can Deal with it

What is Employee Ghosting? In recent months, a new term has entered the parlance of HR (Human Resources) professionals worldwide...

The Increasing Popularity of Corporate Wellness Programs and What HR Can Do

Stress Affects All Leading to Reduced Productivity and Loss of Person Hours It is commonplace these days for professionals and...

What Experienced HR Managers Watch Out For When Recruiting Candidates

Introduction The Recruitment Process is an important aspect of the overall job responsibilities for HR (Human Resources) Managers. Given the...

The Importance of Data Driven Analytics and HR Scorecard Dashboards for Corporates

Data, Data Everywhere, But No Insights Yet Corporates generate much data on a daily basis that can include everything from...

What Hiring Managers Look Out For During the Recruitment and Selection Process?

How Hiring Managers and Organizations Detect Fake Resumes and Spot Lies The recruitment and selection process is an important aspect...

The Growing Popularity of Flex Work and HR Strategies to Deal with It

What is Flex Work and Some Trends Which Indicate its Popularity Flexible Working or Flex Work is defined as any...

What the Case of Amazon s AI Powered Recruitment Tool Means for Other Corporates

The Pervasive Use of AI Powered Recruitment Tools Increasingly, many large and medium sized as well as small businesses are...

Pay Cuts vs. Lay-Offs

Recessions and downturns are part of a normal business cycle. When business is booming, corporations tend to hire more people...

Game Changers or Slave Drivers? Human Resource Managers in the Gig Economy Firms

The Nature of Work in the Gig Economy The Gig Economy is an unmistakable part of the emerging Digital Economy....

Preparing for the Workplace of Tomorrow: Some HRM Strategies for the Digital Age

The Digital Age Would Transform the HR Function in Unimaginable Ways. We have well and truly entered the Digital Age...

The Managerial Challenge: Using Early Warning Systems to Spot Signs of Trouble

The Managerial Skill of Spotting Trouble Early All managers, whether they are in sales and marketing, operations, finance, or human...

Top HR Trends for 2019: Technological Convergence and Smarter HR Management

Increasing Use of Technology and Pervasive Influence of Smart HR Management 2019 is upon us and what does it mean...

How Should HR Managers Deal with Occupational Hazards at the Workplace?

What are Occupational Hazards and how they have Manifested in the Industrial Era? By definition, Occupational Hazards are those casualties,...

How HR Managers Must Deal with Legal and Regulatory Challenges in Organizations

What Happens When Employees Sue their Employers? By definition, corporates deal with contractual exchanges between the various entities that make...

How HR Managers Must Address the Pay Disparities and Pay Gaps in Organizations

While Pay Disparities are Natural, Biased Pay Systems are not In any organization, it is natural for different employees to...

How HR Managers can Make the On-boarding Process more Pleasant and Effective

Love at First Sight and First Impressions are Best Impressions On-boarding is an important and critical part of the overall...

Why HR Managers Must Treat the Exit Interviews as Feedback and Learning Experiences

The Importance of Exit Interviews Despite being treated as chores and unavoidable components of the organizational processes, Exit Interviews are...

The Importance of Due Diligence in Human Resource Management Processes

What is Due Diligence and Why is it Important for HRM processes? We come across the term Due Diligence in...

The HRM Challenge: Managing the Millennials Entering the Workforce

Who are the Millennials and What are their Characteristics? The Millennials or those born between 1985 and 2000 are entering...

The What, Why, and How of the Difficult Decision to Fire Employees in Organizations

Hiring and Firing Workers and Professionals is an Integral Part of Free Market Economies Hiring and firing of workers and...

Corporate Corruption and the HRM Function: Legal, Ethical, and Moral Perspectives

What is Corporate Corruption and how pervasive it is? While we are all aware of corruption in the governmental and...

How Predictive Analytics helps HR Managers make Better Hiring Decisions

What is Predictive Analytics and How Does it Help Decision Makers Predictive Analytics or the technological tool that combines AI...

Skills that the HR Professionals Need to have to be Successful in the Present Times

The Key Trends that are Upending the Old Order and Resulting in Future Shock The field of Human Resource Management...

The HRM Challenge: Promoting Diversity and Inclusivity in Illiberal and Charged Times

The Challenges Confronting the HR Professionals in these Charged Times World over, the emergence of nationalist and populist movements has...

Role and the Importance of Human Resource Managers in Recessionary Times

How HR Managers Have to Deal with the “People” Side of Recessions With the Indian Economy as well as the...

HR Professionals and the Law: The What, Why, and How of Awareness of Laws

Why HR Professionals Must be Aware of the Laws of the Land Like all entities, corporates are expected to function...

Is the European Model of HRM Better than the American Model? Some Perspectives

What is it that Makes the European Model of HRM so Attractive? Much has been written and said about the...

The Staffing Challenge in MNCs: Expatriates or Locals in Overseas Locations

Why MNCs Need to Follow a Glocal Approach in Staffing of their Operations Overseas Unlike domestic firms that operate in...

The HRM Challenge: Managing Opinionated Employees in Polarized and Divisive Times

How Workplaces can Become Toxic in These Polarised Times We live in extremely polarized and divisive times. With passions about...

Why Auditing of the HR Function is Necessary and Important in the Present Times

What is Auditing, Why is it Important, and Its Continuing Relevance in the Present Times Auditing, or the process of...

The Role of the HR in How Corporates Can Win (and Lose) the Global Race for Talent

How the Global Race for Talent is Playing itself out in All Fields There is a global race for talent...

The Changing Nature of Employment and Impact on Professionals and Societies

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Changing Nature of Work The very nature of work and employment is changing rapidly...

Fixing Fraud and Biases in the Recruitment Process and Making it Fair and Transparent

Why Fair and Transparent Hiring is Vital to Organisations and What the Reality Is The recruitment process is an important...

HRM Strategies in Non Profits and How Similar and Different are They from Corporates

The Differences between HRM Strategies in Corporates and Non Profits As the name implies, non profits are those entities that...

Organizational and HRM Strategies for Virtual Workplaces and Remote Workforces

Why Work from Home is the Future and How we Should Get Used to It In a world gone digital...

The Role of Feedback in Enhancing Employee Performance and Productivity

The Importance of Feedback in Organizations and the Role of the Managers in the Process Feedback is an integral part...

The Role of Monetary and Non Monetary Incentives in Enhancing Employee Performance

The Role of Incentives in Enhancing Performance and How They Work In Practice Organizations exist to provide goods and services...

Will Hire and Fire at Will Labour Laws Work in the Indian Socio-Economic Context?

Why Indian Industry is Clamouring for Hire and Fire at Will Labour Laws? In recent months, there has been lot...

What is Ghosting and How it Disrupts the Hiring Process and Ways to Tackle this Menace

What is Ghosting and Why it has Become a Serious Problem for All Stakeholders We often hear the term, Ghosting,...

How Corporates Have to Let Go of Legacy Employees in an Empathic, Yet, Firm Manner

Why the West Faces the of Aging Boomers and Impatient Millennials and What to Do Every organization has a mix...

Designing an Effective Pay and Perks Package across the Organizational Hierarchy

The Five Challenges of Determining Pay and Perks Challenges in Organizations Ensuring fair pay and perks packages across the organizational...

Why Do Some Excel in the Interviews, But, Fail on the Job and How HR Can Fix This?

How HR Managers are vexed by the Problem of Good Interview Candidates Research has shown that there are many instances...

Why Technology Can Diminish the Role of HR Function, but, Not Eliminate It Altogether

Why Futurists are Excited and HR Professionals are worried about Technology Of late, there has been much talk about how...

The Challenges of Recruiting and Onboarding Remote Employees in Virtual Workplaces

The Recruitment and Onboarding of New Employees in Virtual Workplaces With much of the corporate world operating virtually and where...

The Importance of Values in Human Resource Management in the Post Pandemic World

What is a Value Driven HRM Approach and how can it be actualized in Practice? Values are everything when dealing...

Why We Need Employee Friendly Laws and HR Policies in the Post Pandemic World

Why White Collar and Blue Collar Professionals need to be helped now The Covid 19 Pandemic has led to unprecedented...

What is Second Chance Hiring and Why It Matters in the Present Times of Distress?

What is Second Chance Hiring and why it has emerged as a Trend in the Present Times? We consider it...

The Hype and Realities of Networking in an Interconnected World and Leveraging Them

What is Six Degrees of Networking and How it Explains the Power of Interconnection We are told repeatedly that networking...

What is Blind Hiring and How it Promotes Diversity and Inclusivity Efforts in Corporates

How a Typical Hiring Process Works and Why the Hidden Identity Markers Matter Typically, the hiring and recruitment process in...

What is Great Resignation? What can be done to Address the Mass Attrition Trend

What is the Great Resignation and why are Tech Titans like Nadella and Pitchai Worried? Ever since late last year,...

What Is Quiet Quitting, Why It Matters, And How Is It Impacting American Corporates?

What is Quiet Quitting and Why is it Setting Off Alarm Bells in American Corporates? In recent months, there has...

As Tech Firms Layoff Thousands, Is the Party Over and What It Means For Indian IT

Meta, Tesla, Twitter, and Amazon Layoff Thousands! Is The Tech Party Over? First it was Meta, and now it is...

After Quiet Quitting Comes Quiet Hiring! What It Is, And Why It Would Be Trending In 2023!

What Are Quiet Quitting and Quiet Hiring and Why They Matter For Corporate America Quiet Quitting was the rage for...

Who are Boomerang Employees and what are the Pros and Cons of Having Them in Organizations?

What is meant by Boomerang Employees and Why They Have Become So Important Suddenly? Of late, much has been written...

Why is Everyone Talking About Artificial Intelligence Suddenly and How it Matters to All of Us?

Understanding the Sudden Interest in Artificial Intelligence by Explaining the Impact on Us Unless you were on another planet and...

HR Challenge: Both Ageism and Youngism are Forms of Discrimination at the Workplace!

What are Ageism and Youngism and Why They Matter to America Inc? Of late, there has been much discussion about...

Agile HR: An Introduction

Agile is a mindset and approach initially developed for the software industry to enhance flexibility and responsiveness in project management....

Employee Layoffs – Handle Carefully

The term employee layoff is referred to as temporary separation of an employee from the employer. However, these days it...

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