Saturday, June 1, 2013

Challanges Of Human Resource Management

HRM operates in open environment so that it is influenced by internal and external changes. The change may create opportunities as well as threat since it operates in dynamic environment. The ever changing external and internal environment brings a variety of challenges to HRM while managing these ever changing social, economical, technological and political condition, the HR manager has to face different problem. These challenges can be studied under three categories:-

1. Environmental Challenges
2. Organizational Challenges
3. Individual Challenges

1.Environmental Challenges:
    It refers to external forces and institutions that are beyond the control of management. So the managers have to face difficulties to manage such environmental issues which consists following factors:
 a. Globalization movement
 b. Change in economic outlook
 c. Change in political environment
 d. Change in socio-cultural environment.
 e. Change in technological environment.

2.Organizational Challenges:
     Internal challenges that can be managed by efficient management. Some factors or components of organizational challenges are:
 a. Workforce diversity
 b. Organizational objectives
 c. Downsizing
 d. Business process re-engineering
 e. Decentralization
 f. Management of human relation
 g. Computerized information system

3. Individual Challenges:
      Primary concern is the individuals. Complexities raised due to organizational interaction with employees. It is under the control of management. Some components under individual challenges are:
 a. Brain drain
 b. Individual norms and values
 c. Mobility of professional personnel between organization
 d. Aspirations of employees


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