MGT 501 Assignment# 1 Solution

  Human Resource Management (MGT501)

Assignment No. 1 Marks: 15 

Semester Spring 2011

 

The growing importance of HR

With the march of awareness towards Human Resource Management, an HR Manager in an organization has become a hub or a central person whom must be consulted while taking any important decision regarding the organization.

The new trends like workforce diversity, technological advancement, globalization and emergence of knowledge workers has changed the themes of treating workers as machines. Now workers are treated as the most dynamic and valuable assets for the organizations that cause in separation of HR activities from the administrative activities.

With the given scenario, you are required to answer the following questions.

Q1. In your opinion, how HR activities are different from administrative activities? (10 marks)

Q2. Provide an example to explain that HR Manager must be consulted while taking any important decision. (05)

Word Limit: 300 at the most

Solution:

Question no# 1
In your opinion, how HR activities are different from administrative activities?
 

Answer
According to most recent facts and researches an HR Manager in an organization has become a central person who must be consulted while taking any important decision regarding the organization which cause in separation of HR activities from the administrative activities.

HR activities
1. HR sets payroll for employee.
2. HR helps in selection and hiring.
3. HR sets work time for employees.
4. HR provides compensation benefits
5. HR helps in designing leaves system
6. HR affords insurance coverage to employees.
 

Administrative activities
1. Administration makes sure its transfer to employees in time.
2. Administration helps in training and development.
3. Administration makes sure its implementation.
4. Administration makes sure its transfer.
5. Administration helps in Maintain the leave management system.
6. Administration helps in maintaining the record of insurance coverage.
 

Question no# 2
Provide an example to explain that HR Manager must be consulted while taking any important decision?
 

Answer

 In this competitive world role of HR Manager is very demanding and makes HR Manger involve in each decision of organization.

In my views HR Manger must be consulted while taking important decision of hiring new employees because in the end these are people (employees) who make the difference. If an organization hires good, honest, educated, energetic, dedicated and experienced persons then organization will grow faster than market.