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  Importance of employee relations in HRM decision making What is the definition of Employee Relations? Figure 1 The definition of employee relations refers to an organization’s efforts to create and maintain a positive relationship with its employees. By maintaining positive, constructive employee relations, organizations hope to keep employees loyal and more engaged in their work . Typically, an organization’s human resources department manages employee relations efforts; however, some organizations may have a dedicated employee relations manager role. Typical responsibilities of an employee relations manager include acting as a liaison or intermediary between employees and managers, and either creating or advising on the creation of policies around employee issues like fair compensation, useful benefits, proper work-life balance, reasonable working hours, and others. Why is an employee relation important? By maintaining positive, constructive employee relations, organizations ho...
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Qualities of HR Manager   What should be the skills of the HR Manager? Figure 01   According to Henri Fayol, an HR manager should possess human relations skills much more than other managerial skills. He divided the qualities needed by an HR manager into following categories, Physical-health, vigor, address Mental-ability to understand and learn; judgment, mental vigor, and also adaptability Moral-energy, firmness, willingness to accept, responsibility, initiative, loyalty, tact, dignity Educational-general acquaintance with matters not belonging exclusively to the function performed Technical-peculiar to the function Experience-arising from the work Key Qualities of an HR Manager Sympathetic Attitude Figure 02 A good personnel manager must have a humane approach to human resource problems. Regardless of the problems faced by the employees, he must have a sympathetic attitude while dealing with them. Quick Decisions Figure 03 He should display the ability to make quick decisio...
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  Importance and Limitations of HRM Importance and Limitations of HRM Human resource management (HRM) is one of the most important aspects of management. Regardless of which level or department a manager belongs to, he must know about the basic principles of HRM. This is because all managers have to deal with people in one way or another. In order to excel in this venture, a manager must be aware of the limitations of HRM too. A good understanding of HRM can boost productivity as well as efficiency in a business organization. Importance of HRM According to the Indian Institute of Personnel Management, the main aim of HRM is to achieve efficiency and justice. This firstly requires organizations to enable coordination amongst employees to help them work together. Secondly, the terms and conditions of service must be such that employees feel satisfied with their work.  (Firdausi, 2018) Therefore, effective human resource management is important for organizations and also th...
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  Managing Employee Performance Introduction Managing employee performance is one of the key drivers for organizational success in the present context of firms trying to adopt a resource centered view of the organizational. We have seen elsewhere that integrating HRM practices with those of organizational goals and strategy increases the competitive advantages for the firm. Similarly, managing employee performance within the larger framework of organizational goals is critical for organizations that count people among their key assets. As we have been mentioning throughout, firms in the service sector that lay a lot of emphasis on people need to ensure that employee performance is managed in a holistic manner.   (Wood, 2014) A Two Way Street When we talk about employee performance, we need to remember that it is a two way process that tie in the manager and the employee with the HR manager playing the role of a mediator. For instance, any discussion about employee ...