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Friday, April 9, 2010

Goal Quotes

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”

“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.”

Follow it to succeed

The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.


- JAMES YORKE

Quotes on Attitude

ECCLESIASTES:
For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Shiv Khera Quotes

Whenever a person says "I cannot do this", he is really saying two things.
Either I don't know how to do it or I dont want to do it...




“If we are not a part of the solution, then we are the problem”




“Winners don’t do different things, they do things differently”

How do well in any exam?

It is easy always whatever you study make it in a pictorial representation and learn it. It will be easy to understand and to remember during the exams.

Using articles on human resource management to your advantage

Human resource management is a huge topic that has a lot of functions to be dealt with. Not a single can deal with all the issues those human resource management professionals face. You need to refer to a lot of books to get the required information on human resource management.
One of the wise ways to get information is to refer to the articles on human resource management. Where do you get such articles? Is it available for free? These questions might arise when you think of articles on human resource management.

The web has a lot of resources on human resource management content. A simple search in the internet using a good search engine would throw you a lot of results on that topic. There are many websites that are dedicated to articles on human resource management. Upon searching the internet, one of the website hrmguide.com is one among the top sites that gives you a lot of articles on human resource management.

The articles are sorted into various categories from skill, performance, general HR, recruitment, payroll, current trends, employee relations, rewards, career and communication. Other categories are also there. The top articles are listed in the main page itself. You can read those articles and even implement some of the strategies used by other companies.

Although all the organization have a collection of human resource management books for reference, it is not sufficient to get information on the latest trends in HR. It is through articles on human resource management published in leading websites, you get the current trends, and the latest information on HR. Most of the website that gives you free articles requires you to register with them to get free content. You can also subscribe to their newsletter to get the latest article at the time when they are published. You can also subscribe to the RSS feeds for the articles on human resource management.

What to know about human resource management?

Human resource is a complex task and it has evolved over a period of time. Now-a-days human resource management is done efficiently with the help of the human resource management system. Human resource management is about dealing with people, the important asset, in any business or organization.
There is a planned and smooth approach to people for the organization to excel in its goal. Now the human resource department is looking forward beyond recruiting and employee related issues. The top management in any organization is also expecting more from the human resource department. They look at value added services provided by the department toward the common goal of the organization.

There are many functions that are to be accomplished by the human resource management. Planning of the workforce needed to accomplish a project, recruitment of proper employees for that project, induction and orientation, skills management, training, time management, benefits management, payroll, and performance appraisal. A human resource management system would have all of the above said functions in the form of modules that can be used by the HR department.

Recruitment of employees has become a breeze with the use of the recruitment module in the human resource management system. It is also web enabled so that the candidates can apply for different positions in various departments online. The curriculum vitae of the candidates are stored in the recruitment module database and they can be easy queried by the HR department on the concerned department that is going to recruit candidates. Queries with different selection criteria can be performed on the data base to short list the candidates easily and call them for interview. An application tracking system is also available for the candidates and the employee to track the status of the applications.

All the modules in the human resource management system can be customized according to the requirement of the organization. It is not necessary that you should have all the modules in place.

Understanding Human resource management systems

In this digital age, human resource management is not possible without human resource management systems. Human resource management systems are actually IT enabled human resource management. All the functions that are done in HR are done with the help of information systems. The HR discipline is merged with information technology and the modules with HR functions are created to meet the need of human resource management in the organization.
Employee data like skills, personal, capabilities, achievements, compensation are all electronically stored in the database and the human resource management system helps to retrieve all these information. With the implementation of human resource management systems the manual work which was done earlier is done easily. It is easy to keep track of the employee details and other information easily.

The human resource management systems usually have different modules for different purposes. Some of the common modules found the human resource management systems are Payroll, Time Management, Benefits administration, Recruitment, Training, and Performance Appraisal.

The Payroll component of the human resource management system gets other details such as the working hours of the employee for a particular month, taxes and any other deductions to be made for that month. These details are got from other modules like Time Management and the amount to be deposited to the employee account is made automatically or the check is printed for them. Usually this payroll module is also integrated with the finance module of the organization.

The Time management module gets information such as the working hours of the employee for a month. Some advanced modules get time information automatically from other devices such as swipe card reader etc. This process is automated mostly in all the organization for improving the efficiency of the system.

Details of insurance, compensation, stock options and retirement benefits are all stored in the benefits administration module. The recruitment module helps the HR department in recruiting employees for the current vacancies in the various departments of the organization. The recruitment module is also web-enabled to get the applications for various posts of the organization from the candidates online. This eases the process of short listing the candidates for the interviews. The company can also advertise their vacancies online using the recruitment module. A sub module like ‘applicant tracking system’ is also used to track the applicant’s progress through the interview process.

Many such modules are available in the Human Resource Management Systems to enable the HR functions to be done easily.

Dealing with human resource management issues at the right time

Human resource management issues are to be dealt with effectively and at the right time. If you leave them unattended it will eat up the return on investment in your organization. There are many human resource management issues that are to be solved by the HR team. Valuable time and money will be wasted if they are unattended to.

In the current scenario with the mushrooming of business process outsourcing centers across the globe the main issue is employee draining turnover. Employees easily switch over to other companies and the cost incurred by you in training them to fit your organization goes a waste. It is easy to find an organization that even has employee draining turnover at 50%. You find an improvement in the productivity even if you reduce the draining turnover to half of what it exists now.

If the leaders and the leadership are good in an organization then chances are there that they will deal with the issue properly. However it is not the case in most of the organization as the leaders are not up to the mark. Improving the skills by imparting the right training to the managers in the organization is a must. The amount spent on such training is worth it. Identify the lack of skills and find a proper course to attend to. This will solve the issue to some extent.

Dealing with employee absenteeism is another issue. Some of the employees will not report to work on normal days and also take leave their granted vacations. Such employees will definitely affect your turnover. There is a consider loss to the company if you calculate the amount that you lose. To reduce this, you recruitment screening process should be right. Pre employment screening is necessary to select reliable employees at all the time. Such screening can also be outsourced to reliable consultancies who do that for you.

Components of Human Resource Management System

Human Resource Management System is a complex system that encompasses a lot of other modules to do all the functions of human resource management. The different functions of human resource management are made into different modules for ease of tracking the information. This also enables you to use a particular module alone wherever necessary. You can customize your human resource management system so that you use only the modules that are necessary for your organization.


Some of the components of human resource management system are Payroll, Time Management, Benefits, Recruitment, Training, and HR Administration.

The Payroll module helps you to prepare the checks for an employee for a particular month or to deposit the amount to the employee account. The payroll module gets details such as work hours of the employee for a particular month from the Time Management module. It interacts with other modules such as Finance module of the organization to keep track of the compensation paid to the employee from time to time.

The time management module gets employee check in and check out time in the office from other devices like the card access systems. This process is automated by such devices in most of the organizations. The Benefits module helps to keep track of insurance, compensation, stock options, and retirement benefits of the employee.

The Recruitment module is used to perform the recruitment process of selecting the right candidate for the various posts in the organization. Usually the recruitment module is web-based, so that potential employees can apply online for any post advertised in the website. It is easy to short list candidates with the help of the recruitment module. You can set criteria based on which you can short list candidates by a simple query to the database. A sub module to the recruitment module like ‘applicant tracking system’ is helpful to track the applications got for a vacancy.

Similarly other modules like training, HR administration, and Performance appraisal are used for their respective purposes.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Human Resources Management (HRM) function includes a variety of activities, and key among them is deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to use independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations.