People Management

  Green HRM is refers to all the activities involved in development, implementation and ongoing maintenance of a system that aims at making employees of an organization Green. It is the side of HRM that is concerned with transforming normal employees into Green employees so as to achieve environmental goals of the organization and finally to make a significant contribution to environmental sustainability. It refers to the policies, practices and systems that make employees of the organization Green for the benefit of the individual, society, natural environment, and the business. The purpose of Green HRM is to create, enhance and retain Greening within each employee of the organization so that he or she gives a maximum individual contribution on each of the four roles, i.e., preservationist, conservationist, non-polluter, and maker. ( Opatha, H. H. D. N. P. 2013) Benefits of Green HRM? ·        Organizations have huge growth opportunities by being gre...

The workplace is one of the key environments that affect our mental wellbeing and health. There is an acknowledgement and growing awareness of the role of work in promoting or hindering mental wellness and its corollary – mental illness. Although it is difficult to quantify the impact of work alone on personal identity, self-esteem and social recognition, most mental health professionals agree that the workplace environment can have a significant impact on an individual’s mental well-being.  ( Harnois, G. 2002)   Employee health is important for the social and economic benefits that add materially to individual and national wellbeing. Stress in the workplace may have a pervasive effect on employees, leading to exhaustion, anxiety and depression, and even substance abuse. Repeated changes in the workplace can precipitate additional stress. It is well recognized that stress contributes to high levels of absenteeism in the workplace. Stressors have been defined as a set of circum...

  Flexible working hours refers to the schedule which allows employees to start and finish their workday when they want. This means that employees can come to work earlier or later than the set time. Based upon both international labour standards related to working time (e.g., hours of work, weekly rest, paid annual leave, night work, part-time work, workers with family responsibilities) and recent research findings on working time and its effects, the ILO has identified five significant dimensions of decent work in the area of working time, or “decent working time” (International Labour Organization 2019)   The five dimensions • promoting health and safety • advancing the productivity and sustainability of enterprises • being “family-friendly” and improving work-life balance • promoting gender equality • offering workers a degree of choice and influence over their hours of work.   With the changing demographics of our workforce, economic challeng...

  THE ETHICAL NATURE OF HRM All HR practices have an ethical foundation. HR deals with the practical consequences of human behavior’. The core concern of business – proponents of the market economy argue is in attempting to secure the best possible return on any investment. Any dilution of this focus will lead to the corruption of what is a finely balanced system. Businesses that seek to be ‘ethical’ as well as profitable will probably fail economically, following which the whole community may suffer. Ethics are becoming more and more important and HR must continually revise the code of ethics to address the issues that (Karthikeyan.S N.D.)   Benefits of good ethics in the workplace ·         Loyalty ·         Desirable work environment ·         Produce results ·         Build good references ·         G...

  Recruitment is the process of attracting individuals on a timely basis, in sufficient numbers, with appropriate qualifications, to apply for jobs within a business. (Maloney , T. R. N.D.)   Hiring talented individuals is critical to an organization’s success. But in order to hire the most talented, you must first recruit them. Recruiting employees can be a challenging task. Recruiters have to make important decisions, including whom to target, what message to convey and how to staff recruitment efforts. If not done correctly, an organization’s recruitment efforts can produce job applicants who are unqualified, who lack diversity or who may decline job offers.   In any kind of organization, recruitment and selection processes are considered useful, because they help in finding the most suitable candidates for the jobs. Recruitment and selection are important operations in human resource management, designed to make best use of employee strength in order to meet the strat...

  ‘Communication is the process of transmitting information and common understanding from one person to another. Communication in the workplace is critical to establishing and maintaining quality working relationships in organizations. (Oppong, A.A.A. and Birikorang, E.A. 2014,p.208). Communication can be defined as the process of transmitting information and common understanding from one person to another (Keyton, 2011). It is a combination of listening and speaking. sharing thoughts, ideas, emotions, and understanding each other properly without miscommunication, able to listen to others, as well as successfully relay their own ideas and opinions. How important communication A company is always working as a team. To build a better outcome communication should be strong among the internal staff members. There are Ways to Create Effective Communication in the Workplace. 1.      Open Meeting 2.      Emails 3.      One on On...