CHANGES IN THE HUMAN RESOURCE ENVIRONMENT by Sushant Uppal Course Title Professor (Tutor) The Name of the School (University) The City and State where it is located The Date Factors Contributing to the Changing Human Resource (HR) Environment and their Effects HR environment just like business environment is changing, and there are five factors which are involved in the environmental change of HR (Academy of Human Resource Development 2002). These are: 1. diversifying in Work force 2. Shifting environment of work. 3. Globalization 4. Governmental streamlining 5. Changes in machinery and financial system Diversifying in the Work force: Diversity is any quality that human beings are most likely to use to tell the difference between one individual from the other. The factors that helps one to tell the difference between individuals includes: Gender, cultural norms’, age, principles and race. According to Bennett (1993), Indians are mostly characterized by the work force therefore causing a diversity and making it to spread widely. Diversity is more likely as women, elderly and minority- group members deluge the work force. The number of women entering the work force increases daily due to amalgamation of factors like, financial needs, greater equality of sexes, women’s liberation, culture and so on, in addition the pressure of managing different set of problems at the work place which has arisen. The number of women is increasing in all walks of life that is;
Diversity is something described between the differences of two individuals. Diversity means that all individuals showed be respected and valued, therefore you must be aware of the individual’s differences and must not barricade the way they have been cared for. It is you knowing and looking after an individual with full understanding of the difference in their personal characteristics. It is also when you encourage those differences and use them in different cohesive communities and in an effective work force. It is important that you recognise that each
Diversity is about respecting individual differences these can be: ethnicity, physical abilities, gender, age, religious, beliefs, sexual orientation, material status, politic, region, religion, disability.
Diversity- recognises that all though people have thing in common they are also different in many ways. Diversity therefore consists of visible and non-visible factors which include personal characteristics such as backgrounds culture, by recognising and understanding our individual differences and embracing them we can create a productive environment in which everybody feels valued.
Diversity - is meant by acknowledging that each individual is unique and recognising individual differences, For example culture, ability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other individual characteristic.
“Diversity is a variety of demographic, cultural, and personal differences among an organization’s employees and customers (Williams. 249)”. Diversity is having different people who have from different
Diversity means to value and respect the differences and individuality of people. This means to embrace the differences between people and to treat a person’s race, culture, religious beliefs, age, sexual orientation, gender, physical and mental characteristics etc. with respect.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines diversity as "the condition of having or [of] being composed of differing elements [ 因 especially the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization [...]" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2012). Diversity is, often, omnipresent in the United States, especially in metropolitan areas. Yet there are pockets in this country, and especially in the world, where diversity is a concept that is unaccepted, even shunned, by society. Despite such negative attitudes toward diversity, most know that this element is truly positive, and adds a very special dimension to any society, in any field. This paper will focus towards answering five questions relating to diversity both from an academic and personal standpoint, and will discuss this topic in detail below.
Introduction: Diversity can be defines as the characteristics that people possess from different backgrounds, cultures, traditions and habits. Diversity can be more subscribed as the similarities and differences that groups or individuals might have. Race, gender, ethnicities, cultural and economic status and many more can be considered as traits that differentiate people from each other’s
Diversity is normally thought of on the surface level. The general population usually takes into account physical/demographic characteristics as indicators of diversity. People tend to focus on aspects like gender or skin color, which limits and narrows the definition of diversity. This causes neglecting to include other external dimensions like recreational habits, educational background, etc. In the book, diversity is examined by various scholars, all of whom perceive its definition in different ways. This class has taught me that diversity is an expansive topic and our class presentations gave me the opportunity to examine a specific area of it. Each presentation offered greater insight into the perspectives of individuals that
When we hear the word Diversity we automatically think race, sex, age. It’s so much more than that. Toa better understand its true meaning we must delve deeper. The merging of people of different ages, sexes and races gives us a broad scope of idea’s in a group but if we add other cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, multi-cultural education, we have opened a wide variety of ways to problem solving within a group. This type of diversity will allow you to have several answers to one problem which allows task to get done quickly and efficiently.
Diversity can be defined as the differences among the people working in the same workplace. Those differences can be related to gender, race, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, culture or personalities.
Whether an organization consists of five or 25,000 employees, human resources management is vital to the success of the organization. HR is important to all managers because it provides managers with the resources – the employees – necessary to produce the work for the managers and the organization. Beyond this role, HR is capable of becoming a strong strategic partner when it comes to “establishing the overall direction and objectives of key areas of human resource management in order to ensure that they not only are consistent with but also support the achievement of business goals.” (Massey, 1994, p. 27)
The objective of the Human Resource Department is to design management systems to ensure human talent is maximized to effectively and efficiently achieve organizational goals. HR has seven functions that are intertwined. These functions are global, environmental, cultural geographic, political, social, legal, economic, and technological. Human resource management has the potential to drastically impact the success and effectiveness of an organization. Human Resources has heavily focused on recordkeeping and paperwork. It has often been considered a clerical and low-level administrative department. In most organizations, Human Resources is looked upon as the employee mediator in the organization. They tend to be the voice of the employee, building company morale and putting out fires involving crisis management. The problems they deal with are both employee work-related and not work-related. HR strives to ensure fair treatment for all employees. They work with varying departments throughout the organization in order to create and implement necessary programs and policies. HR works with equal employment opportunity and other laws, to ensure compliance. They work to fill current job openings by processing applications, interviewing, and training. They answer questions regarding benefits and wages and address safety issues. The expansion of technology and outsourcing have drastically transformed the
I am writing this article in order to identify how change is managed in business, given today’s economic downturn. In order to do this I am going to compare the experiences of a manager in a large business, which is faced with challenges and change nearly everyday. This will give me an insight into the real challenges of a manager and how these compare to the examples given in the literature that is written around this topic. I have also chosen this topic, as it is appropriate for the module I study and I have to complete such research in order to further me in this module.
In the light of this change in the nature of contemporary workforce, the concepts of diversity and equality will be discussed vis-à-vis the reality of women in the workplace. As such, this research will address the following questions: what are diversity and equality policies? Do they work? Finally, do they open possibilities and opportunities for women?