HR and business at odds?
“We need to relocate; what is the best place to establish ourselves at?” This question may just come your way if you work in HR. As HR manager, it is then up to you to look for places where you can find well-educated personnel, which differs per line of business.
This example illustrates the growing and widening interpretation given to the function of HR. Increasingly, the HR department is expected to be as involved in the organisation as a full fledged partner and management team member. As a consequence, the administrative side of the story should ‘simply be taken care of’ by HR. What are the consequences of this intermingling of HR in operational processes?
New knowledge, new skills
What does the company actually do? This question is crucial to HR these days. As HR manager, it is very important to know the company’s activities and culture through and through. This knowledge allows for more goal-oriented HR work. Knowing and understanding the company’s strategies also helps with implementing these in HR in practice. You can then target employees who seamlessly fit in with the company goals, due to being able to match their profiles to these strategies.
Will you have to learn new skills? In some cases, yes. HR managers of this day and age are increasingly strategists who focuses on the big picture of the past, the present, as well as the future.
Too much to ask?
At times, organisations can be a little too demanding of the average HR employee. On the other hand, the above-mentioned development is a very positive one: HR is no longer the underappreciated straggler and has actually flourished into a fully fledged business department. After all, great responsibility comes with great appreciation.
Well begun is half done
With all these shifts in HR activity, it is essential to keep an eye on priorities. HR business such as leave planning, which has not always been a task for HR, should be managed well. HR managers should always maintain a good overview of the situation. Therefore, it is important that you work with a good leave registration system. It will allow you to keep the time spent on leave planning to a minimum. This way, you can completely delve into your new role as business strategist!
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