HR Definitions

Human Resource Management is the practice of optimising the investment in people in the workplace.

Human Resource Management incorporates a diverse range of activities that include:

• Alignment of Organisational Strategy with Workforce
• Workforce Planning
• Recruitment and Selection
• Induction
• Performance Management
• Training and Development
• Employment Records
• Remuneration Agreements
• Remuneration Delivery
• Policy Development and Implementation on:
  
  
  • Equal Opportunity
  • Harassment in the workplace
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Vilification
  • Discrimination
  • Privacy
  • Workplace Safety Contracts of Employment
  • Redundancy


• Exit Interview and analysis
• Compliance with Industrial and other laws

The full scope of Human Resource Management is constantly growing as new laws are introduced that create a risk for the organisation.

Human Resource Management should be present in every organisation that employs, or contracts people.

Where an organisation is large enough, it creates a HR department, usually headed by a VP Human Resources or Human Resource Director or Manager.

As the size increases, specialists in the areas above are employed to administer those functions.

Each of the items listed above has a best practice list that attaches to it.

360-degree Profiling
HR Tools
Performance Management
Selection/Selection Interviewing
Surveys