MBA HR

We hear statements such as “Happy employees are the Potentials employees.” “Happy employees are always productive employees.” from HR professionals, practitioners, and managers in organizations. HR Practices can influence the job performance at work immensely. The best HR Practices can lead to better performance with high output eventually leading to profitable business. The modern HR Practices should be implemented to sustain the competitive advantage in the ever-changing environment. (Nabi, et al., 2016).   Following HR Practices has an impact on Employee Performance Figure 1. HR Practices & Employee Performance Performance Appraisal Performance appraisal is a tool to measure the employee performance against the KPI’s set for the individuals. A good performance appraisal will lead employee to identify their strengths and weakness. Periodic appraisal process is a way of evaluating the employees of the Organization. According to Muczyk & Gable (1987) “Performance...

  Employee Engagement Figure 1. Employee Engagement Employee engagement is a workplace approach that translates everything into the positive conditions for members of the Organization to perform their best every day, in aligned with goals and values of their organization resulting success of the Organization, with a growing sense of well-being. According to Kahn (1990) defines employee engagement as “the harnessing of organization members’ selves to their work roles; in engagement, people employ and express themselves physically, cognitively, and emotionally during role performances”. Often than not employee engagement has been defined as emotional and intellectual commitment to the organisation or the amount of extended desire exhibited by employees in their job (Frank et al 2004). Employee engagement is attractive to human resources because of their direct benefits in terms of staff retention, employment, job satisfaction and happiness. But the benefits of staff participati...

Compensation & Benefits (C&B) “Compensation includes direct cash payments and indirect payments in form of employees benefits and incentives to motivate employees to strive for higher levels of productivity” (Cascio, 1995). It is also the human resource management function that deals with all types of rewards and benefits   employees receive in return of   working towards achieving the Organizational Goals (Ivancevich, 1998).   Figure 1. Compensation & Benefits Employee Satisfaction Employee satisfaction or job satisfaction is, quite simply, to what extend employee is content or satisfied with their nature of job. Typically, employee satisfaction survey is measured using a survey. Following factors may include in the survey but not limited to compensation, workload, perceptions of management, flexibility, teamwork, resources, etc. Factors affecting Compensation The factors affecting C&B can be categorized into 1        ...

  What is Job Description (JD) “A job description is an organized, factual statement of the duties and responsibilities of a specific job.” (Edwin B. Flippo, 1984). Where job analysis is used, the key elements in a job are outlined. These elements may then be written up as a statement – a job description – setting out what is involved in a job. A job description does not actually describe the kind of person who might be able to do the job; it is needed to develop a person specification. The possible contents of a job description are varied. (Ispas. D, and Borman. C, 2015) Though state or federal law does not “requires” job descriptions. But JD can be useful tool for both practical and legal reasons. Figure 1. Job Description Importance of JD As a Useful Communication Tool J ob descriptions can be useful communication tools to tell employees exactly what tasks you expect them to perform. Job descriptions may also address quality or quantity of performance standards, or even wo...

Russia – Ukraine War The Russian leader's initial aim was to overrun Ukraine and depose its government, ending for good its desire to join the Western defensive alliance Nato. But the invasion has become bogged down and he appears to have scaled back his ambitions. Launching the invasion on 24 February 2022 he told the Russian people his goal was to "demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine", to protect people subjected to what he called eight years of bullying and genocide by Ukraine's government. "It is not our plan to occupy the Ukrainian territory. We do not intend to impose anything on anyone by force," he insisted. (Paul Kirby, 2022). Figure 1. Ukraine War in Maps Recruitment “Recruitment is the process of searching the suitable candidates for employment and attracting them to apply for jobs in the organisation”. The process of selecting the best qualified candidate (from within or outside of an organization) for a open position in an Organization, in a ...