Human Resources notes #2

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Strategic Role of Human Resource Management

• Management of total relationship between employer and employee to achieve strategic goals of business
  • Main functions are recruitment, equal opportunity, training, development, separation and aligning with business goals (REDSAT)
  • open communication and seeing employees as assets and not costs necessary for achievement of goals
• Business can undertake strategic approach to managing employees by:
  • seeing effective workforce as value adding to business performance
  • focusing on use of strategies to retain, reward and motivate staff
  • business develop performance review measures to examine effectiveness/efficiency of staff
• Qantas employs over 32,000 people and their HR function helps them achieve their goals, minimise costs, improve quality in working life