Strategies for Human Resource Management

In most organizations it is assumed that human resource management professionals are only dealing with salary discussions and the like. It cannot be farther from the truth! Mr. HR plays an important & critical role in the success of any organization. He is the person who increases employee efficiency, or at least works in the direction that boosts the quality of output. But now its time to shift gears and implement new age strategies or, in other words, modern hr practices.

It is often said that shrm and its effectiveness is difficult to measure since intangible variables like employer and customer delight are beyond calculation. There are other hr techniques, like promoting IT capacities or sales skills and competencies that can give computable outputs and make it more attractive for the companies. But the assumption that intangibles cannot be measured isn’t true. There are methods which can be employed to properly assess the intangibles, the units for satisfaction and contentment, & express them in a quantifiable way. This means that it is possible to not only measure the intangibles but also prove that modern hr practices & shrm does work.

Lets go through the following points and try and make sense of what you have been reading so far.

• Developing a human resource management strategy. Before you get down to strategizing the job the first thing to do is to make a checklist and find out whether all the required factors & components are in place. Strategy development generally necessitates the group to re-define and lay out an elaborate and systematic plan of action. This means that the team must recognize the target and take view of the popular sentiment or opinion. It is important to dig into the reasons to find out why a certain pattern has emerged which could pose difficulty in changing the trend and any future course of action.

• Identify your Target. Make sure you are aware of the goal that you intend to attain and how you wish to do that.

• Build Capability. How to build new & attractive business capability, as the organization grows and becomes bigger with every passing year, becomes the most important shrm decision. Conducting leadership programs, introducing new rotation policies, training and filling the new roles becomes priority.

• Bring Stability. Workforce stability is essential and any kind of disruption can affect the growth and profitability of your organization. Therefore stability is important and it is the role of human resource to ensure it is achieved.

• Retention. Keep your people. Keep them busy and happy so that they feel challenged and pleased about their everyday work life. If the employee is content & satified with his work profile then he is more likely to stay.


Anand Tiwari is freelance online hr consultant and is writing review articles on Human Resource management consulting ,human resource management.