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CIPD Qualification, Diploma, Level 5

5HRF - Managing and Coordinating the Human Resources Function

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Meshael Alsayegh – Dec 2020

8-22-2021

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Question 1 4

1.1 Variations of HR functions between organizations 4

1.1.1 Size 4

1.1.2 Responsibilities 5

1.1.3 Resources 5

1.1.4 Recruiting 5

1.2 Various HR Approaches 5

Question 2 6

2.1 Organizational objectives 6

2.1.1 Employee Involvement 6

2.1.2 Employee Training and Development 6

2.1.3 Management of Performance 6

2.2 Methods to deliver HR Objectives 7

2.2.1 Via services 7

2.2.2 Outsourcing 7

Question 3 8

3.1 HR Contribution to business ethics 8

3.2 For managing HR, Evaluation of the business case 8

Question 4 9

4.1 Theories of Change Management 9

4.1.1 Transformational leadership Theory 9

4.1.2 Kotter's Theory 9

4.1.3 Application of theory 10

Question 5 10

5.1 HR Function contribution to environment 10

5.2 Criteria and organizational data for a business 11

Question 6 11

6.1 Evaluates Research Evidence 11

6.2 High-Performance and Investment in Human Capital 12

Conclusion 13

References 14

Introduction

Human Resource is a component that may be found in every company. It performs a variety of tasks, such as delivering specific corporate goals and objectives. However, it is critical to examine the HR function's function and responsibilities and how they are carried out in the business. It is responsible for labor law compliance, record-keeping, retraining and hiring, relationship support, pay, and specific performance problems. The goal of this study is to examine the primary HR function's core objectives and purpose in today's companies and determine how HR objectives are met in various organizations. In addition, this study assesses the HR function in terms of organizational accomplishment and value-added and examines how the HR role may be valued in terms of value-added and managerial presentation.

Question 1

1.1 Variations of HR functions between organizations

The objectives of the HR department in all types of companies are similar, such as resolving problems quickly, planning for the future, and selecting unique methods and routes to achieve the organization's purpose as well as performing their job effectively. Resources, Size, Recruitment process, and Responsibilities are the differences between HR operations in big and small organizations (Brewster and Söderström, 2017).

One of the most critical HR functions is to ensure that an organization's objectives are met based on resources and the people working in the firm, whether big or small. Tesco is a well-known large-scale retailer in the United Kingdom, while Blue Inc. is a "small plus medium scale enterprises" SME. They both do the same HR tasks, but on a different level. The following is an explanation for the variations in HR functions between big and small businesses.

1.1.1 Size

It is the most significant distinction between HR roles in big and small businesses. In a big company, the potential to grow the business and perform effectively is more apparent. Smaller businesses, on the other hand, can withstand failure due to minor disruptions. Its size determines the number of customers, production, staff, and organized space (Chadwick and Dabu, 2009). Tesco employs approximately 450,000 people; on the other side, Blue Inc employs just 5,000 people. HR takes on other people's jobs in a small company, while HR needs to stick to their designated position in a big organization.

1.1.2 Responsibilities

Along with the limited number of employees and the responsibility of getting the job done, the duties and tasks of HR managers overlap in small businesses. For instance, in a small company, the HR manager serves as both a bookkeeper and a manager, while HR is limited to personal duties in a big corporation (Petrick and Furr, 2017).

1.1.3 Resources

It is amongst the most significant distinctions between executing HR responsibilities in a big and small business. The bigger a business is, the greater its capacity to get resources is. However, big corporations and small businesses have different income ratios. The company's revenue is the most critical factor in determining the resources available to it.

1.1.4 Recruiting

The employment of labour is referred to as this. This operation has been accomplished similarly but differently. Recruiting employees is expensive, and it takes up a lot of time for small businesses. Small-scale businesses must devote a significant amount of effort to attracting skilled labour. Large-scale companies have access to skilled labour.

1.2 Various HR Approaches

HR approaches help manage a workforce. Despite the apparent differences in practice, individuals are nevertheless perplexed when employing these words. It is up to the organization's plans and policies to include Personnel or Human Resources into its operations. With fast changes in social and human psychology, it is understandable that businesses and organizations that formerly relied on personnel management are now turning to human resources (Snell et al., 2015). On the other hand, Human Resource Management is demonstrating its benefits over Personnel Management in the context of people management, namely employee and manager strategic planning.

The leadership approach was changing, and it revealed that most employees were driven to perform not just by monitoring and intimidation but also by the freedom to make decisions, sufficient skill training, comprehensive direction, and awareness of the plans. In a prevailing atmosphere of trust, reliance, and open company culture, a more favourable and much higher degree of contact between management and employees should be created (Chadwick and Dabu, 2009). The staffing process had to lead and promote the establishment of this kind of atmosphere in the company and offer plans and development inputs to improve competence and motivation throughout the organization.

Question 2

2.1 Organizational objectives

Over time, the HR function has improved, and the skills required of HR managers have increased. HR has developed into a more strategic contributor to an organization's success than ever before, and businesses are adapting this role to meet their specific requirements. Organizations in the business market will differ from those in the industrial sector since the former requires more contact with consumers. In manufacturing, however, the product, not the employees, speaks for the business (ATMADJA et al., 2021). HR responsibilities have evolved to a new level, with prior HR managers allocating positions and retaining workers, but now they've become improved and extensive. HR's functions are as follows:

2.1.1 Employee Involvement

It is among the primary responsibilities that have developed since, in previous decades, HR frequently recruited employees and then let them perform independently, resulting in a lack of employee engagement in the business. Employee engagement in the workplace is a critical factor in determining an organization's productivity. HR, on the other hand, employs a variety of strategies to keep employees motivated. Tesco, for example, requires its employees to report on their jobs and participate in decision-making processes. Tesco, for example, requires its employees to report on their careers and participate in decision-making processes (Diaz‐Carrion et al., 2021).

2.1.2 Employee Training and Development

This is the most fundamental function that HR is responsible for. Rather than spending most of their time deciding on the best and most appropriate talents for the business, HR is involved in employee skill development and enhancement. Tesco, for example, provides various training to different employees to develop and enhance their abilities.

2.1.3 Management of Performance

It has become one of the most efficient tasks that have occurred in the HR department throughout time. Workers used to be assigned a designation and were utterly dependent on them. HR is now responsible for managing employee performance and monitoring their effort using various methods and technologies and encouraging and coaching them in their responsive areas.

HR is now responsible for managing employee performance and monitoring their effort using various methods and technologies and encouraging and coaching them in their responsive areas. HR is now responsible for managing employee performance, watching their struggle using multiple approaches and technologies, and motivating and coaching them in their responsive regions (Lima and Galleli, 2021).

HRM is a subset of people management that has evolved in response to societal and labor market developments. Every business, organization, or department with an HR team or division is already doing people management. It is up to each company to decide the direction and image they wish to project. HRM currently serves as both people management and even a marketing function. People will appreciate and learn more about the business if you make a positive impression on them.

2.2 Methods to deliver HR Objectives

HR is responsible for managing a company's different capabilities and responsibilities, but its primary goal is to provide a staff that can contribute to its success. Similarly, other business objectives must be communicated by HR using various methods. HR objectives may be displayed in a business in multiple ways, one of which is via services. Companies use this strategy to ensure that the HR framework is well-organized by focusing on administrative tasks in both a central and shared capacity.

2.2.1 Via services

The goal of using shared services is to save costs, limit duplication of effort, and increase focus on the HR system. The price is reduced by reducing the number of employees and adopting economies of scale, making the service more straightforward by capturing a more significant part of the whole industry. This approach contributes to monitoring changes in the HR unit's engagement with methods and ensuring that business capabilities and exercises are correctly aligned (Khandelwal and Upadhyay, 2021).

2.2.2 Outsourcing

Outsourcing is another way for HR to communicate objectives throughout the company. Outside groups oversee dealing with faculty capabilities under this approach. Various firms worldwide provide HR services to businesses to make it easier for them to manage their duties. Finance, risk management, employment taxes, recruiting and selection, and other tasks are entrusted to the organizations. Targets are fulfilled inside a business via outsourcing because all-important data is shared with the employees who are associated with them and have an impact on them (Kalitanyi and Goldman, 2021). The main benefit of this approach is that it saves money and reduces the chances of mistakes since the responsibilities are delegated to the right people.

People with prior experience It also enhances recruitment and compliance while also providing more significant benefits. However, since an outsider is involved, this approach has the drawback of creating a barrier between employees and management (Khandelwal and Upadhyay, 2021). It causes a loss of control and increases the possibility of data leaks, influencing the firm's overall goal.

Workers may be synchronized about the firm's goals and the exercises that need to be conducted to achieve them by outsourcing HR. It is mainly used by small businesses that lack the financial resources to establish a human resources department. They use this method to ensure that employees are informed of their destinations and that organizational needs and staff execution are in sync.

Question 3

3.1 HR Contribution to business ethics

Human Resource Management has always been concerned with coordinating employees fairly and professionally. It is essential to interact with a company's HR department somewhat and ethically to get the best results while avoiding the risks associated with employee turnover and other similar problems. Furthermore, the firm is subjected to the never-ending difficulties related explicitly to national labor regulations and operating considering a genuine concern for worker unions to avoid corporate outrages on a global scale.

3.2 For managing HR, Evaluation of the business case

Companies suffer a bad brand reputation and show a negative company culture if HR does not enforce rigorous adherence to just procedures, morality, and proven competence and behave accordingly. This results in a drop in revenue as well as a higher rate of employee turnover. However, to compete in today's global market, the company's human resource departments have created ethical initiatives to ensure that the company's stringent ethical standards are followed (Kalitanyi and Goldman, 2021). They also consult and interact with the senior administrative and management personnel regularly to show professionalism and simple methods for motivating employees to do something different and encouraging them to improve their performance.

HR is also in charge of developing assessment programs in which the company's ethical behavior is modified after a careful examination. Businesses must recognize the importance of excellent culture for their employees. As a result, they must guide the ethical practices of allowing all nationalities to work in a learning environment by arranging shared chances without discrimination (Angulo et al., 2021).

Question 4

4.1 Theories of Change Management

Change management is a crucial phenomenon for businesses since it assists them in ensuring that any kind of development is carried out successfully. Companies may use a variety of change management strategies to help them reinforce change.

4.1.1 Transformational leadership Theory

Lewin developed a transformational leadership approach that included three stages for evaluating and supporting change. The three phases, according to this theory, are unfreezing, altering, and refreezing. It indicates that the change process includes establishing the need for change, progressing toward the ideal and new level of behavior, and finally establishing the norm.

In the first step of unfreezing, the business examines its objectives, beliefs, purpose, and procedures to progress toward transformation. The next step is to alter how the change is implemented in the industry. Refreezing is the last step, which is settling, strengthening, and stabilizing the new condition. The advancements made to the goals, purpose, processes, structures, and other aspects are recognized and carried out as the new standard (Angulo et al., 2021).

4.1.2 Kotter's Theory

Businesses may use this approach to successfully implement change since it ensures that exercises are changed, and new processes are implemented gradually by including employees. In the last step, when the workers adjust to change, the efficacy of the change reinforcement may be measured using this model (Taderera, 2021). Another critical approach to management is Kotter's, which consists of eight phases, each of which requires a commitment throughout the period spent implementing and evaluating the change in the business.

4.1.3 Application of theory

· Creating a sense of urgency: During this phase, the business must develop a sense of urgency among employees to make them aware of the need for change and emphasize its importance.

· Creating vision: At this phase, the concept is established by considering objectives and procedures and the emotional bonds among employees.

· Providing a vision: It must ensure that all participants who are explicitly or implicitly affected by the change are informed.

· Getting rid of roadblocks: It's essential to address any problems or roadblocks that arise throughout the change process, which should have been done by including employees throughout the process (Reina and Scarozza, 2021).

· Creating a guiding coalition: A group of people with similar skills and talents is formed to ensure that improvements are implemented with everyone's involvement. This group oversees making efforts and encouraging employees to collaborate to use the most effective technique.

· Making short-term gains: Monetary goals are put up to help employees understand the concept and motivate them to perform harder. Staff members are rewarded for achieving short-term goals, which makes change easier.

· Consolidate improvements: The modification must be evaluated for an extended period to guarantee that any necessary advancement is made on time.

· Securing the modifications: This is the last step in integrating change into the company culture. It is completed after ensuring that the essential consistency requirements between new goals and purpose have been fulfilled (Taderera, 2021).

Question 5

5.1 HR Function contribution to environment

Since this HR department is an integral part of the business, it must be evaluated using metrics. The evaluation framework for employees is one of the most important methods used for evaluation. These criteria provide the company with a benchmark against comparing employee satisfaction and responses to the HR department's capabilities and activities. The incentive and compensation structure also serves as a valuable tool for analyzing HR work. The incentive and compensation framework may be compared to the market standard to determine if the company has been doing its tasks efficiently and whether HR methods can meet the business benchmark (Reina and Scarozza, 2021). It is also regarded as an effective and efficient method of evaluating the benefits provided by HR to employees concerning their positions and responsibilities in the business.

5.2 Criteria and organizational data for a business

Another unique method for assessing HR capabilities is an HR audit, which may evaluate the HR unit's capability and commitment. The HR audit provides 360-degree awareness of HR components and may also play a key role in determining gaps in the HR area that can be filled. The balanced scorecard may also be utilized in the inquiry method. It also aids in determining if the company's various performances are suitable and functioning in line with the company's methods (Anwar and Abdullah, 2021). The balanced scorecard aids in the evaluation of customers' preferences for the products and services they get, as well as the internal assessment of required adjustments inside the business.

The employees' point of view to comprehend the need for development and the financial standpoint of investors The balanced scorecard may also be used to evaluate employee performance, HR alignment with business methods and practices, HR funding requirements, and HR management framework. Quantitative indices are another approach for assessing HR capability in terms of metrics. The cost of employee turnover, the HR cost component, absenteeism, cost per hire, and so on are these indicators.

Question 6

6.1 Evaluates Research Evidence

The essay offers a unique perspective on HR methods for improving organizational performance. The study found a connection between corporate performance and HR practices, demonstrating that when companies utilize pay-for-performance, career advancement possibilities, labor union participation, and temporary worker collaboration, employees are more committed to the program (Sara et al., 2021). According to the study, the reward for performance programs enhances HR functions and encourages workers to alter their behavior and attitudes. These programs assist companies in successfully implementing HR strategies and fostering good organizational performance.

Likewise, by using the HR function to provide career development programs and opportunities, businesses guarantee that their staff has the required competencies and abilities aligned with the organization's goals to achieve better performance. These career possibilities foster a sense of connection among workers, which improves the organization's performance. In addition, companies that support labor unions get more cooperation from organizations about employee involvement (Anwar and Abdullah, 2021). Labor unions support equal pay for equal labor, yet this may prevent them from cooperating on many occasions.

Finally, providing employees with temporary perks improves the corporate HR function and improves organizational performance. However, research done on Korean firms revealed that they frequently hire temporary staff to cut costs and that these communities have potential in terms of SHRM and organizational performance (AM et al., 2020). Since the indicators tested in this work were novel, the researcher focuses on current literature to ensure content validity. To verify convergent validity, correlation analysis was performed using other measurements.

6.2 High-Performance and Investment in Human Capital

The premise of this study is that HR policies and initiatives cannot be executed successfully without employee engagement. As a result, the study has focused on increasing employee engagement in terms of work to enhance organizational performance. Employees must possess the skills and dedication needed to achieve good performance outcomes in this respect. As a result, high-performance work can only be promoted if companies invest in their human resources and demonstrate a commitment to doing so.

The investment may take several forms, such as establishing personal and professional development initiatives and centers. These centers assist workers in determining the best career path for them based on their aptitude and abilities. As a result, this study supports the notion that there is a link between organizational success and excessive working and lives of people leveraging (Trost, 2020). The study also has management implications in terms of human capital investment by creating and structuring benefit programs for temporary workers and career possibilities for employees. Employees demonstrate commitment to achieving organizational goals because of the organization about human capital investment.

Although there is much disagreement over how work is transforming, there is little doubt that fundamental and continuing changes occur. The Evidence for Organizational change investigates the evidence for conflict in the environment. The committee presents a well-illustrated framework for comprehending job changes and their consequences for evaluating the structure of professions in both the public and military domains.

The growing demographic variety of the population, the fluidity of line-of-work borders, the interconnected options for how work is structured—and, finally, the necessity for a unified, systematic key to addressing how work is changing—are all need to xplore for success. The company assessment should contain a wealth of information and emphasized examples on:

· Markets, technologies, and a variety of other external factors all impact the nature of employment.

· Findings from a study of American employees and their attitudes about employment.

· The tendency toward flatter organizational structures and downsizing.

· Work structure autonomy, diversity, and other factors

The HR team looks at the history of occupational analysis and the efficacy of the most current methods in describing present and future changes in civilian and military employment.

Conclusion

This report concludes that knowledge about how to coordinate and manage human resources within a company. Human resources services will be coordinated by the HR Manager, including recruitment and selection process, pay and benefits, employee engagement, compliance, service delivery, employee training, connectivity, and scheduling assistance for domestically and internationally staff. In the present corporate climate, the study has addressed the main goals and purpose of the HR department. In addition, the study addressed the many HR goals that are provided inside companies. The study also included information on how the HR function is assessed and the link between HR practices and organizational success. It has been shown that only a very well human resources management strategy can allow a tiny workplace to operate effectively. Both the senior management and the workers must agree to this policy. It must result in well-educated, loyal, and passionate individuals who can meet the difficulties.

Finally, Personnel Management is the foundation and core of Human Resource Development. The personnel concept has emerged with many more methods than in the past because of changes in social humans and individual personalities into the present form, which is now often referred to as human resource management. However, it is constantly evolving, and a new approach known as Strategy Human Resource Department is currently being developed (SHRM). As a result, the distinction between People Management and Personnel Management remains a point of contention.

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