Part - I
Clearly HR departments are evolving in our country. From an
administrative perspective, the focus is now on a strategic outlook
where talent HR professionals look at improving the work environment and
plan out human resource needs. Though it is a reflection of what is
happening in the western context, the Indian work force and industrial
climate is changing. This short article looks at five major challenges
that we facing in terms of human resources and human resource
management.
Managing Knowledge Workers
Essentially, here we are looking at different kind of people who does
not obey the principles of management for the traditional group. This
boils down to higher educational qualifications, taking up
responsibilities at a lesser age and experience, high bargaining power
due to the knowledge and skills in hand, high demand for the knowledge
workers, and techno suaveness. The clear shift is seen in terms of
organization career commitment to individualized career management.
Managing this set of people is essential for the growth of any industry
but especially the IT, BPOs and other knowledge based sectors.
Managing Technological Challenges
In every arena organizations are getting more and more technologically
oriented. Though it is not in the main run after the initial debates,
preparing the work force to accept technological changes is a major
challenge. We have seen sectors like banking undergoing revolutionary
changes enabled by technology. It is a huge challenge to bring in IT and
other technology acceptance all levels in organizations.
Competence of HR Managers
As it is more and more accepted that lot of success of organizations
depend on the human capital, this boils to recruiting the best, managing
the best and retaining the best. Clearly HR managers have a role in
this process. Often it is discussed about lack of competence of HR
managers in understanding the business imperative. There is now a need
to develop competent HR professionals who are sound in HR management
practices with strong business knowledge.
Developing Leadership
It is quite interesting to note that there is less importance given to
developing leadership at the organizational level. Though leadership is
discussed on basis of traits and certain qualities, at an organisational
level it is more based on knowledge. The challenge is to develop
individuals who have performance potential on basis of past record and
knowledge based expertise in to business leaders by imparting them with
the necessary "soft skills".
Managing Change
Business environment in India is volatile. There is boom in terms of
opportunities brought forward by globalisation. However this is also
leading to many interventions in terms of restructuring, turnaround,
mergers, downsizing, etc. Research has clearly shown that the success of
these interventions is heavily dependent on managing the people issues
in the process. HR has a pivotal role to play here.
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