IQMS Global: Changing Roles of Human Resource in Changing Environment

Changing Roles of Human Resource in Changing Environment

3:01 AM Posted by IQMS Global

Human Resource Management is undergoing a massive transformation. Employers are placing greater emphasis on business acumen and are automating and outsourcing many administrative functions, which will force many HR professionals to demonstrate new skills and compete for new, sometimes unfamiliar roles. As organizational trends and demands change, new ways of thinking and operating are needed, so to add value in the “new” organization HR professionals must play new roles and demonstrate broader competencies– Better models.

Evolving Trends and Impact in Human Resources Management:

• Linking HR strategy to business strategy

• Automating HR process

• Outsourcing HR activities

• Measuring the return on investment of HR programs

Shifting Paradigms

What’s Out What’s In

Job Analysis Competency Assessment

Personnel Management HR Management

Rulemaker Consultant

Functional Orientation Business Orientation

One Size Fits All Tailored Programs

Centralized Decisions Framework for Others to Decide

Mutual Distrust Partnering

Focus on Activities Focus on Impact

The role of the HR manager must parallel the needs of his or her changing organization. Successful organizations are becoming more adaptable, resilient, quick to change direction, and customer-centered.Within this environment, the HR professional, who is considered necessary by line managers, is a strategic partner, an employee sponsor or advocate and a change mentor. At the same time, especially the HR Generalist, still has responsibility for employee benefits administration, often payroll, and employee paperwork, especially in the absence of an HR Assistant.

"People are our greatest asset" is a mantra that companies have been chanting for years. Yet it is only recently that businesses have started putting HR systems in place that support this philosophy. As a result, the information that sits inside the HR department is being made available for effective use throughout the wider organization, helping companies align their workforces with long-term business objectives.