People and Organization

Grievance is defined as any discontent or dissatisfaction, which may or may not be expressed, and may or may not be valid, but arises out of anything connected with the employee that an employee thinks, believes or even feels is unfair, unjust or inequitable. Due to today’s ever changing PESTLE factors grievances in any industry is common. Given below highlighted is modern day issues arising with grievance handling. Organizational changes   Due to the need for organizations to adapt a new strategy in order to stay ahead of competitors with respect to the changes in PESTLE factors, changes within an organization happen on a daily basis. Therefore, an effective change management strategy is required. If the change management strategy is not effective, then employees of the organization may feel left out, or unable to deal with the stress and scope of the change. Thereby resulting in a wider amount of occurrence of grievances throughout the organizational hierarchy. Henc...

Talent management refers to the techniques utilized by HRM (Human Resource Management) and overall management to recruit, retain, develop the required talent either in-house or through external recruitment. The following details the issues faced by present HR personnel in retention of talent rather than in acquisition, which was discussed before in recruitment blog post. Retention of Talent Due to many businesses and corporations at present are focusing on lowering the cost of manufacturing or service via downsizing, it creates an overall atmosphere of fear and distrust in employees (Juneja, 2018) . Thereby making retention of the required talent a lot difficult than before. Also the talented nowadays have a wider variety of opportunities, thanking heavily to increase in competitors seeking the best, and also due to wider availability of job opportunities due to advancement in internet technologies. Advancement in Technology Technology as a whole is evolving, and te...

The step following recruitment in HRM Human Resource management) is the training and development phase. This is essential for both new and existing employees. Yet there are certain modern day issues arising with respect to training that are explored below. Standardization of Training The biggest issue faced by both large and small corporate environments is to ensure that employees get the same learning outcome from the same learning materials as others and making this  learning process consistent (Andriotis, 2017) . Most corporate nowadays focus on external trainers as they seem more reliable and cost effective. Yet there is an issue, on how relevant these training are with respect to the organization they work in, and which is heavily overlooked by a wide array of HR managers. Also impacted to this is the hiring of diverse work groups who have differentiating languages and norms. Hence the concern of HR managers today is how to factor all these concerns in training? ...

The recruitment process is constantly evolving, hugely impacted due to changes in PESTEL (Political Economic, Social, Technological and Legal) factors. Better technology has allowed HR managers to identify and recruit top tier candidates and to make better hiring decisions. However, there are certain issues with respect to this. Complexity in Recruitment Process Even though many new technologies are being introduced to the business world in order to provide a competitive advantage to businesses, for example tools like PowerBI that provide analytical features in order to pool out the ideal recruitment candidates, there is a question in terms of overall efficiency of the hiring process. Tools such as PowerBI provide HR personnel with variables that were not accessed before, and when these factors are pondered upon during new recruitment the process can be a lot complex than before. Inefficient techniques can deter hiring techniques, and it’s said that 60% of prospective applic...