MY HR WORLD

At present, businesses are facing numerous challenges. For instance, the earnings of the Sri Lankan apparel industry fell by 21% in 2020 as exports and imports were banned due to pandemics (Udayanga, 2021). It will be beneficial to the company to have a skilled set of workers to boost the manufacturing, sakes, and marketing processors once the operations commence again. This will increase the productivity of the company and help to increase its profits again. What are the benefits of a skilled workforce? Apart from increasing productivity, there are many other benefits of a skilled workforce. When the employees are skilled, they will know to complete the tasks in less time and to come up with creative innovative ideas for issues that the company faces (Hiermann, et al ., 2005). It will also save costs as the unskilled labor force takes more time and make more mistakes than a skilled employee. Even if the company has to pay a larger salary for a skilled employee, it is usually less than...

Teamwork is known as an essential element in an organization. This is because different individuals have a unique set of skills and ideas. When combined, these ideas can be implemented in a business to achieve success. A few of the companies that found success through teamwork include Ford, Dell, PepsiCo, and Target (Motavalli, 2016).  • Generates more ideas The "Z Process" is a model that shows the benefits of teamwork (Nishiyama, 2021). It shows that different employees will have different specializations which they bring to the table. When these specialties are combined, there will be more than one idea and everyone could communicate and pitch in different opinions and strategies. When diverse views are considered and filtered, companies could come up with many successful innovative concepts. Figure 1 - Roles of a Team in an organization Source - KnowledgeWokX, 2013 • Boosts employee motivation and retention Even though some prefer to work alone, most people like to wo...

"An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success." (Covey, 1998)- What is Empowerment in a business environment? Empowering can be described as giving authority or permission to make specific decisions. In a business environment, this means giving power and sharing information with the employees so they can take initiative and use the information to make decisions and take responsibility for the belief of the company (Ransom, 2006). Most companies confuse "Delegation" and "Empowerment" as similar terms (Tremblay, 2007). For example, if a manager at an apparel firm permits subordinates to buy a specific material from a specific supplier for the garments, that is Delegation. However, if the manager gives freedom to the subordinate to pick the appropriate materials and to pick a supplier for the garments, that is "Empowe...

It is important to make the workplace a favorable place to be employed. Especially at present, most younger employees rely on satisfaction and growth rather than salaries when selecting a workplace (Parwoto et al., 2021) There is also a certification that the companies achieve for being a great place to work. What are the employee engagement techniques that will make your workplace great? Employee engagement can be known as the level of involvement of the employees their emotional connection to the place they work (Anderson, Caldwell, & Runic Ristic, 2021)r. It is the willingness to work to achieve the company's goals and objectives rather than working just to get a salary.  • Sustaining and promoting company values. When a company has a realistic and great set of values, the employees feel the need to support the company to achieve these (Krishnamoorthy et al., 2021).   • Providing opportunities for growth Creating career paths and giving opportunities to the emp...

What is Succession Planning? Succession Planning is known as a process that companies take to recognize the talent and leaders in the company for the future.  Reasons to consider Succession Planning. • To accommodate demographic shifts and scarcity in talent. Companies that change demographically will most likely face a lack of talent. The labor pool in the market will lack the experience and major skills needed for the main roles of the company (Farooque  2015). Not having many skilled candidates is one of the major concerns of HR leaders. Therefore, it is important to plan for the succession of different roles. • To retrieve and retain the company knowledge. When the labor turnover of a company is high, the employees that are newly hired to fill the positions will not have the organizational knowledge and the employees that left the company will be using the gained knowledge for another company (Tim, 2021). This is a loss to the company.  • To increase retention r...

Who are difficult employees?   The employees who fail in conducting them in a professional manner at work is termed as difficult employees (Beach, 1985). The management of these difficult employees have become a great challenge by the managers.  How to manage difficult employees? When managing difficult employees at work, the first step is to identify the reason for being difficult. The identification of the reason will provide the opportunity to solve the issue more effectively. When there is a difficult employee, its his behavior that should be criticized. Not the person. The behavior of the employee should be controlled. The Hersey-Blanchard model shows how the behavior of the employees could be managed (Weitzel, 2004). Figure 1- Hersey-Blanchard Model Source: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/careers/soft-skills/hersey-blanchard-model/ The behavior of the employees could be managed effectively by supporting, coaching, delegating and directing their behavior ...