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Roles and functions of Human Resouces Department
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====The Human Resources Department deals with management of people within the organisation.There are a number of responsabilities that come with this title.First of all, the department is responsible for hiring members of staff.This will involve attracting employees, keeping them in their positions and ensuring that they perform to expectation.Besides, the Human Resource Department also clarifies and sets day to day goals for the organisation. It is responsible for organisation of people in the entire Company and plans for future ventures and objectives involving people in the Company.==== ====Research has shown that the human aspect of resources within an organisation contributes approximately 80% of the organisation's value.This implies that if people are not managed properly, the organisation faces a serious chance of falling apart.The Human Resource Department's main objective is to bring out the best in their employees and thus contribute to the success of the Company.==== ====From the perspective of a future psychologist, human resources is about a relationship between person and organization(how it forms, develops and ends)- all the processes associated with the choice made by both individuals and organizations(career, career planning, work planing, recruitment and selection, career development), performance evaluation, motivation, rewards, training and skills development, analysis,evaluation and development of skills in the workplace.==== ====It is also about, collective behavior of people in relation to modeling and organizational functioning. I mean, communication, organizational decision, power, leadership, participation, cooperation, conflict, organizational culture, organizational structure, technology, organizational change, organizational development, inter-and intraorganizational relationships,. ====

====This is one of the most fundamental roles of the Human Resources Department.This is because this function ensures that the Company under consideration selects the most skilful and competent person from a sea of applicants at that time.This function involves evaluation of ability and competency of potential employees in relation to what the Company needs.This role falls under the staffing role of management.If this function is performed well, then the organisation will increase value consequently being on the right pathway to achieve its organisational and departmental goals and objectives.====

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====Effective recruitment can be done through a number of ways. First of all the Company can conduct educational and psychological measurements. This task will involve assessment of abilities, skills and character evaluation of applicants. Through psychometric evaluation, the Company can ensure that employees have the right atitude necessary to fit into the organisation. Another method Companies use to recruit members of staff is through interviews. Here,the Human Resources Department can ask applicants questions that evaluate their decision making abilities and how they would deal with certain situations if presented with them. The department can also employ the use of written interviews where applicants answer questions addressing key issues in the organisation. Through these channels, the department contributes towards organisational performance.==== ====To accomplish this recruiting employees, most Companies notify the public about vacancies and then post a questionnaire online and interested parties fill it at that time. This is then evaluated and those who fall within their minimum requirements are invited for an interview. In the interview, applicants are asked a number of questions and those who did extremely well are further analysed and retained. Those who did moderately well are not immediately eliminated; instead, their interview questions are kept on file then these are reviewed after six months. By so doing, the Companies makes sure that their employees are highly capable and that they will enrich the organisation.====