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Biblical Integration Essay
Liberty University
BUSI 443: Workforce Planning &
Employment
Professor Fabritiis
March 1, 2021
Human Resources is one business topic that easily ties into Christian principles as HR
professionals must conduct themselves with dignity, make honest decisions, and show fairness to
all. “One can easily argue that establishing HR practices that treat people with dignity, helping
them grow in their knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs), and compensating them in a way that
provides security is a spiritual expression of the grace and love of God” (O’Brien, 2019). HR
management from a Christian perspective allows us to view just how special and important each
person who interviews and is hired within our organization truly is to the overall success and
growth of our companies.
The organization’s workforce is thus a stock of human capital that it acquires, deploys, and
retains in pursuit of organizational outcomes… Staffing is the organizational function used
to build this workforce through such systems as staffing strategy, HR planning, recruitment,
selection, employment, and retention (Heneman, 2019, p. 8).
It is extremely important to do all of those things with the right motives, attitude, and heart
as making a decision out of haste or irrationally can and often does harm businesses.
Recruiting the Best
It is not only important to hire employees, but rather to hire the best. This should be at the
forefront of our minds as we are working to acquire employees through the recruiting and
interviewing processes. Through all stages of that process, we as Christians can think of ways
God would want us to run our businesses. For example, when advertising to attract employees it
is very important to be honest and not be deceptive in our advertising and hiring processes. Also,
when it comes to hiring, the traditional view is to hire the most experienced candidates for
positions, but from a Christian perspective is important to remember that God doesn’t call the
qualified, he qualifies the called. There are times when someone comes along to an interview that
just pulls at our hearts even if they don’t have the training or experience already and we hire
them.
Developing Employees
Once staff are hired it is the duty of the organizational leaders and managers to train those
people to be the workers they are hired to be. It is also very important that the team around them is
supportive, accepting, and helpful as well. That is how God treats us as his children and wants us
to love one another no matter what. We are learning and growing each day so why not extend that
opportunity to others if given the chance.
Retaining & Motivating
The most important step for success in workforce development is retaining current
employees. Motivating and keeping employees helps keep operations running smoothly. When
organizations have the team to succeed it is extremely important to compensate them appropriately as
that is a reflection of stewardship (O’Brien, 2019). Proverbs 3:27 states, “Do not withhold good from
those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.” Great employees are valuable
and in order to keep them happy they need to know this. Financial compensation is not always the
most important factor to retaining employees and as Christians we should always remember and be
aware of this. Showing employees grace when needed, always making them feel important, and
blessing them when able are all ways to retain and motivate good employees and often mean more
than a bonus or a small raise.
Conclusion
Workforce planning is not the only way Human Resource Management ties into biblical
teachings, but it is one that sets the tone for business operations as employees see the Christian like
actions from the moment they are interviewed. Human Resource professionals should always want
the best for everyone in their organization just as God wants the best for his people on Earth.
Organizations are one body just as Christians are one body in Christ and we should remember that
in all aspects of our businesses. For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members
of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all
baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made
to drink into one Spirit. For in fact the body is not one member but many.” 1 Corinthians 12:12-14.
References
Heneman, H., Judge, T., Kammeyer-Mueller, J. (2019). Staffing Organizations. (9th ed.).
McGraw-Hill Education. O'Brien, R. (2019, January 29).
Human Resource Management Through a Spiritual Lens. Business as Mission.
https://businessasmission.com/human-resource-management-through- a-spiritual-lens/.
