HR Roles and Responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities of human resource management have changed significantly in the past decade. Many of these changes have been in response to trends in globalization, technology, diversity, e-business and ethics. The impact of technology and ethics are not new to organizations or human resource managers. Globalization, diversity and e-business are terms that were not even considered until this past decade.
The impact of globalization
Globalization is creating significant challenges for the human resources professional. Significantly, human resources departments need to develop new procedures and processes to adapt to the rapid shift of organizations towards globalization. This topic was addressed directly by Rioux, Bernthal and Wellins (n.d., p.3) as follows:
Functions such as operations, sales, and marketing have generally made great progress in adapting to the global reality. However, the HR function has typically lagged behind in developing policies and structures that support globalization. The top challenges HR faces in the globalization process include:
• Coordination of activities in many different locations.
• Understanding the continual change of the globally competitive environment.
• Building a global awareness in all HR departments/divisions.
• Creating a multicultural HR team.
The impact of technology
Technology impacts every aspect of how we as human beings perform our work. Technology is a tool that allows us to leverage our abilities to perform at a higher level of output. Certainly technology has replac ...