May 4 2008

Human Resources – How To Align HR To Organisation Direction (9 of 10)

Human Resource wants to take the role of business partner in the management of organization. We would like to ask ourselves how we could align our Human Resources strategy to the corporate strategy.
We view corporate strategy as a starting point with input from Marketing and Sales, Finance and Operations. Marketing is front end to establish [...]

Apr 29 2008

Human Resources – Capability Development (8 of 10)

Human Resources really need to develop its capability just as the facility needs capacity upgrading. Capability development starts with Human Resource audit. Why need the audit in Human Resource? Business arena keeps changing. So is the taste of consumers for goods and the expectation of services.
Human resources audit focus on the business needs, starting [...]

Apr 26 2008

Human Resources – Performance Appraisal (7 of 10)

Human Resources need to be assessed just like any resource needs to be evaluated. As our human resources, besides getting them to perform, we also need to develop them. How do we know what is required?
Human Resource department generally request us to do an annual performance appraisal either in July or December. You would notice [...]

Apr 25 2008

Human Resources – Rewards Systems (6 of 10)

Human Resources specialist would be designing the compensation and benefits package to attract, retain and motivate employees to give their best. This is not enough especially in East Asia. We always emphasize that we need to give recognition and rewards to our Human Resource – the employees.
Human Resource manager would issue appraisal for awarding performance [...]

Apr 19 2008

Human Resources – Interview and Selection (2 of 10)

“Human Resources” - getting the right people to do the right job is always the task of manager. Nonetheless, very little time and effort is invested to acquire knowledge on interview and selection.
We, human resources professional need to advocate that line managers also responsible for the human resource function. Line managers decide who he wants [...]

Apr 18 2008

Human Resources – How Do We Start The Human Resource Planning (1 of 10)

“Human Resources” is one of the key resources management of a business. You would want to know how we start to plan for our human resources. We post this question to the Managing Director or the business owner. You would be surprise that the answer is depend on the business plan.
From the business plan, the [...]

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