HRM and the Design of Work





When it comes to human resource management, today it is considered as crucial to every organisation. Human resource is the most important resource within the organisation therefore it is necessary to manage them accordingly to get the best out of them. At a time where the businesses are on a high competition, efficiency could only be achieved by the successful utilization of the human resources within the organisation. Accordingly, human resource department of an organisation plays one of the crucial functions in attaining the organisational objectives (Burma, 2014).

According to Armstrong (2009) there are several human resource management functions namely, strategic human resource management, equal employment opportunity, staffing, talent management and development, total rewards, risk management and worker protection, employee and labor relations.

Considering the above functions, staffing could be identified as a core function of human resource management. Staffing could be defined as a function to provide a sufficient supply of qualified individuals to fill the jobs in an organisation. In order to fulfill this function, staffing comprises of job analysis, job design, recruitment and selection (Armstrong, 2009).

Accordingly, job design is also could be identified as the design of the work. After analyzing the job, the human resource manager should design the job to ensure the right individual is selected for the job. It is an effective tool which is used to meet the needs of and thereby to satisfy the interest of the organisation. The design of the work could be planned using techniques such as job rotation, job enlargement and job enrichment (Belias and Sklikas, 2013).


Consequently, it could be a combination of the job content and the work method which has been adopted in the performance of a particular job.

Conclusion

Human resource management, today it is considered as crucial to every organisation, thereby it is necessary to manage them accordingly to get the best out of them. On the other hand the human resource manager should design the job to ensure the right individual is selected for the correct position. It is an effective tool which is used to meet the needs of and thereby to satisfy the interest of the organisation.


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The importance of human resource management in the public sector, future challenges and the relevance of the current collection, available at,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289632992_The_importance_of_human_resource_management_in_the_public_sector_future_challenges_and_the_relevance_of_the_current_collection


Reference

Armstrong M (2009), ‘Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Practice’ 11th edn., India

Belias, D and Sklikas, D (2013), Aspects of Job Design, Journal of International Human Resource Management, University of Thessaly, Vol. 3, pp 85- 94

Burma, Z A (2014), Human Resource Management and its Importance of Today’s Organisations, International Journal of Education and Social Science, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 85 – 94 

Comments

  1. Jinendran21 September 2019 at 08:40

    Good work Sanka, staffing is special function in human resources and it is the top priority job of the HR manager. Designing job and finding correct fit for the position as you cited by Armstrong . Thanks for sharing.

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  2. KasunMBA22 September 2019 at 04:26

    agree with you, it is indeed a crucial thing to every organization.

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  3. Malintha Gannile24 September 2019 at 15:20

    Interesting article , nicely explained about HRM and the Design of Work , . thanks for sharing this.

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  4. Namila12 October 2019 at 08:19

    Nice article.

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  5. Achala12 October 2019 at 09:34

    Good work Sanka, I agree with you. Job design specifies the content of the job to satisfy the work requirement and it always meet the needs of the job holder and it increases the engagement too. Thanks for sharing

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