HR(Human Resource) major functions in an Organisation

1. Human Resource Planning - estimating the need for resources in order achieve the desired business results. HR plans can be both short term / immediate as well as long term / strategic. The HR team partners with the line managers to understand the business goals and targets for the year and then together plan the HR needs in order to meet the goals.
2. Acquisition of Human Resource - staffing the organisations with the right mix of skills and competencies at the right time. it also includes HR initiatives like promotions and internal job posting to fulfil this requirement for human resources. Staffing teams in organisations are usually a separate group of specialists who work closely with the line managers to understand the skills and competencies needed for the job and engage together to select the best talent for the open positions.
3. Training and employee development - focuses on managing training activities to upgrade skills and knowledge as well as soft skills like team building and leadership. The training team is again a group of HR specialist who propose the training program and consult with the line managers to ensure that the program achieves the desired outcomes.
4. Building performance management systems - focuses on the right processes to set goals for performance as individual/teams and related measurement methods. This is a core HR activity and is supported by the HR generalist.
5. Reward Systems - establishing appropriate compensation systems and reward mechanisms that would reward the desired outcome and results in accordance with the corporate values. This again forms a part of the HR generalist's tasks. How employees progress in a organisation?, how they are paid with respect to internal and external market factors?, what employees benefits are offered? are some aspects that this function redresses.
6. Human resource Information Systems - It would take care of the operational transactions from the time an employee joins till the time the employee exists, like personnel files, compensation administration, payroll, benefits administration and issuing letters and testimonials. This task is supported by as separate HR operations teams who act as a HR helpdesk and provide information to the employee/managers.

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