What is human resource management

Human resource was birthed from the human relations movement in the twentieth century when researchers started documenting new ways of creating business value through better management of the workforce. HRM department is under the leadership of a manager who is solely in charge of the workforce in a given firm. Successful organizations are becoming more adaptable, flexible, quick to change direction, and customer-centered thus one of the qualities of the manager is adaptability to the changes taking place. The human resource as a department is tasked with several roles some of which have been discussed in this paper. Recruitment and selection of employees is a responsibility of the HR taskforce. The first fundamental virtue is commitment. This is achieved through ensuring a balance in the ration of members of staff to the amount of work.

Sometimes employees lack commitment because of too much work at their desks and lack of proper motivation. The HRM may motivate the workers by offering scholarships to those who are hardworking to further their studies, through organizing team-building activities and offering salary increments and job promotions over time. The next principle is cost effectiveness where the department offers part-time employment to cut down on some costs, for example, paying employees who are on leave (Sulsky, 1999). Cloud storage also saves much physical space, which could otherwise be used to store a substantial amount of employee information in files, which also faces the risk of being lost due to hazards like fire and floods. At the moment, some software is being used in the recruitment process.