How to Enhance Effectiveness of HR Department:
An effective HR department is always in sync of all employees Top to Bottom line. Good HR department always contribute to the Organization Goal by connecting employee with the company Vision & Mission directly or indirectly.
Consequently HR policies should be well documented and highly publicized so that employees are aware of specific actions that have to be taken in times of need. And need to ensure that all employees of an organization are equally treated. This way we increase the employee belongingness and as a result organization gets a stronger commitment from employee, because they are fully engaged employee. As a result HR is successful in establishing a Healthy Employee Relation.
Steps to Enhance Effectiveness of HR Department:
1. Fair Employment: Employment especially refusal of employment can lead to disputes. To avoid such situations every employment acceptance or rejection process must be well justified and scrutinized.
2. Gender Diversity: In today’s world there are no jobs which are only suitable for men or for women. Sever disputes ca raise if gender issues in organizations are not handled fairly.
3. Cultural Diversity: In a world that is becoming smaller every day, geographical boundaries a ceasing to exist in organizations. Most of them are spread across continents and thus it is very important to maintain racial harmony by treating racial issues justly.
4. Addressing Grievances: Grievances that are not addressed properly often lead to long standing dispute. This causes strain in employer-employee relationship and also damages the organizations reputation. Thus it is very important to follow a fair and just treatment for grievance resolution.
5. Profession Development/Succession Planning: This is an area that is extremely controversial and any decision is thoroughly scrutinized. So to avoid any unpleasant situation and maintaining the image of the company, it is very important to keep succession planning processes fair and open
6. Managing Sexual Harassment Issues: This is perhaps the most sensitive controversy that an organization can face and can tarnish the reputation of an organization beyond repair if not handled carefully and fairly. Law says a company should have a written anti-harassment policy. We should establish effective and active ICC(Internal Complain Committee)
7. Employee Training: All Employees are entitled to similar training opportunities given that they have the potential to help the company’s objective with the learning. Allocation of training programs, thus, should be done with fairness
8. Employee Appraisal: There are always grievances regarding appraisal methods and allotted rankings. To steer free of any controversies regarding this it is important to make the process transparent and fair.
