Question

Ms Jayshree recently completed her Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management. A few months from now a large steel manufacturing company employs 800 persons and has an expansion plan in hand which may require another 200 persons, for various types of additional requirements. Ms. Jayshree has been given complete charge of the company's human resource department
(i) Point out, what function does she suppose to perform?
(ii) What problems do you forsee in her job?
(iii) What steps is she going to take to perform her job efficiently?
(iv) How significant is her role in the organisation?

Answer 1

(i) She is supposed to perform following functions:
(a) Human resource planning (b) Employing people
(c) Carrier growth (d) Performance appraisal
(e) Motivate employees (f) Fixing compensation
(g) Providing social security
(h) Review and Audit of personnel policies and procedure.
(ii) The common problems she must be facing are
(a) Finding out basic skill necessary to perform job.
(b) Recruiting and selecting right person at right job
(c) Preparing written document explaining the job, job description
(d) Selecting right training method
(e) Fixing adequate compensation for employees
(f) Selecting incentives to motivate employees
(iii) The steps she must take to carry on her job
(a) Prior to staffing deciding who will perform the job
(b) Staffing plan:
(i) Estimating the current requirement of human resources
(ii) Anticipating future requirement
(c) Job specification: Deciding qualification necessary for performing job
(d) Developing assessment test
(e) Locating potential applicants
(f) Advertising the job
(g) Selection test/interview
(h) Final selection
(iv) Her role is very significant in the organisation. Give importance of staffing