Discussion Post – HR Management

Three parts: 1. Main Discussion Post 2. Reponse to peer discussion 3. Response to peer discussion.

Part I: Intstructions:
There are many environmental factors influencing the workplace today, including generational differences and concerns, the economy, globalization, artificial intelligence, multicultural differences, and more.
In this week’s discussion:
Identify two environmental issues that impact human resources’ ability to properly staff an organization and/or forecast future employment needs.
Being innovative and creative, how would you propose addressing and overcoming the environmental issues identified, above for your organization?
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Part 2: Response
Workforce demographics can be a major factor in staffing. As one generation retires, the human resource department must be able to attract and retain a new generation of staff. With generational differences, the human resource team must be able to adapt to the changing generational differences. The HR department may need to hire in new ways, for example hiring online or on new platforms. They may also need to revise their benefits or compensation packages to remain competitive in comparison to what other companies have started to offer. Another external element that has a great affect of the HR department’s effectiveness is legislation. New laws or even adjustments can “change licensing or credentialing requirements that make recruiting tougher and temporary assignments obligatory, or require you to grant affected employees leave for testing or study” (Brunot, 2019, p.1). Legislation can also affect the process of hiring in aspects such as background checks and onboarding programs.
I think I would prioritize maintaining a strong and effective HR team. I would also offer incentives for the department to keep up with trainings, laws, and educational opportunities. I think the HR team should have clear expectations/roles/responsibilities so they are aware of who is in charge of keeping up with certain elements of the company. This way the HR team is up to date and able to make informed and effective decisions in terms of hiring. By encouraging education, HR professionals can not only deal with external factors, but be proactive and hopefully ahead of competitors. According to Williams (2020), HR professionals can be proactive in addressing external factors by aligning business strategies with external factors. HR professional can even ensure more success by ensuring their talent strategy also aligns with the company’s overall strategic plan (Williams, 2020).

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Part 3: Response #2
The environment where a company operates impacts its strategy and operations. One of the two environmental factors that impact an organization’s HR ability to properly staff itself and/or forecast future employment needs are labor market and government legislations. In terms of the labor market, the fierce demand for qualified talent in specific areas forces HR to have a strong workforce planning process as well as a unique value proposition to prospective employees. It necessitates organizations’ HR teams to have an effective performance management system that is able to attract, onboard, develop, and retain qualified employees. A creative way for organizations to avoid a negative impact is to embed the context of labor market in each step of their workforce planning process. This way they obtain relevant and timely intelligence on labor market trends, availability of needed or alternative talents, etc. (Aguinis, 2019; London Premier Center, 2023; Maurer, 2017).
In terms of government legislations, organizations are greatly impacted by the types of legislations passed at the federal and/or state levels. They need to quickly adopt and comply with the requirements to ensure their employees well-being and safety. They also need to ensure that they are protected from liability, including extensive fines. HR-related legislations normally impact organizations’ hiring, compensation, training, and termination processes. Therefore, it is important for HR to ensure that these legislations are included in employees’ handbook and communicated across the organizations. It is also important to hire well versed HR staff, have trainings that help employees gain good understanding of the various legislations, and provide resources to employees and managers that are available in government legislation websites (Friedman, 2019; Indeed, 2023). Overall, it is important for HR to continually scan the environmental factors that may affect the execution of a business strategy.

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