Essays on Human Resource Departments

Introduction

The main role of the human resource department is to ensure that a company has a reliable, skilled, and committed workforce to deliver the tasks of the company. The HR department hires employees on demand, trains them for the various organizational tasks that they may be assigned and chooses to retrench some employees when such a need arises as per the strategic objectives of the company. However, with a fiercely competing business world, it has been tough for companies to retain their most talented employees. The current paper identifies the challenges that companies face as they seek to retain ...

Article Critique

Article Critique Jora, R. B., & Khan, S. (2014). MOTIVATING MULTIGENERATIONAL HUMAN

RESOURCE. International Journal of Organizational Behaviour & Management

Perspectives, 3(4), 1276-1281. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1648132689?accountid=35812 The International Journal of Organizational Behaviour & Management Perspectives published an article titled, “Motivating Multigenerational Human Resource. The article aims to provide a workable solution to motivate employees while acknowledging the generational differences that exist among the various generations that can be found in the workforce. The four primary generations that exist in the job market have varying views and values when it comes to their jobs. Currently there are the Traditionalist, Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Gen Yers in the workforce ...

Article criticism: Employment discrimination in the ethnically diverse workplace

Abstract Ethnic and race discrimination has characterized most organizational contexts in the global arena. Vertical and horizontal segregation based on ethnic and racial affiliation is common. In the midst of high voices calling for equality and non-discriminative employment, promotion, transfer and demotions, everyday actions in organizations imply otherwise. Tanya Kateri Hernandez on her article “Employment discrimination in the ethnically diverse workplace,” which was done in conjunction with Fordham Law School, archive of scholarship and history, offers a brief review of how race and ethnicity has always been used to discriminate in the opportunities that are available in the workplace ...