I am working towards my master's degree in human resources
management. I majored in Business Economics for my undergrad, but
I never had a clear vision of what I wanted to do with my career. I
interned in an HR role for a government agency in my junior year and
I have stayed in HR ever since. I have really come to enjoy all the
functions in HR. I currently work in recruitment, and it is by far my
favorite unit. This course is very interesting because as a recruiter I
am constantly talking to hiring managers, candidates and our budget
team in order to fill our vacancies. I look forward to learning a lot on
this course alongside you all.
To respond to the discussion question, I want to start off by saying
that I completely understand why supervisors do not want to
overshare information especially if it doesn’t directly impact the
employee. As a supervisor, I have had an employee that would always
push back work and question every decision taken by me and my
superiors and it was really frustrating. Sometimes management is
trying a new strategy and all that is required from an employee is to
comply with what is assigned to do. However, I do understand why
leaders may be inclined to share. They want to be transparent and
communicate effectively. Also sharing information provides
employees with a full understanding of what the intended outcome is,
and they may be more motivated to be compliant. I work in a fast-
paced environment so when it comes to the ongoing transactions that
occur in recruitment, I do share all details as soon as possible for
everyone to be on the same page. It helps avoid confusion and it
allows my employees to feel that I trust them. However, when it
comes to new strategies that I have tried to implement or just test
out, I do not share them since it doesn’t impact them. Once my
directors and I decide it is something they want to implement unit
wide, I decide to share it. To pick a side, I do not support the notion
that leaders have to tell employees everything. I know it can be
frustrating as an employee but sometimes it is for the best!
