Common challenges in human resource management

Human resource management, sometimes referred to as human capital management, is the strategic and logical approach to managing an organization’s most valuable asset: its workers. Workers contribute individually and collectively to the achievement of an entity’s objectives. But what are the common challenges to human capital management? Are there any challenges that can be called common in the management of human capital? If you were a people manager, what would be the areas you just wouldn’t ignore? Let’s consider these common challenges.

• Understand the scope of human resource management it’s a challenge With rapid changes in the workplace, work cultures, employee attitudes and society at large, people managers need to constantly redefine their scope of work. Your inability to grasp this aspect obviously has limitations.
• Attract and retain talent in today’s highly competitive world it is something that a human capital professional cannot easily dismiss. Is your organization well positioned to attract and retain the best talent in the market? Are you an employer of choice? What do you need to keep doing to get and retain the best people? Do you recruit and manage your talent strategically well?
• The efficiency and effectiveness factor is another common challenge for people managers. Once you have the talent you need in your talent pool, do you make the best use of it? You need to consider the aspects of staff capabilities, employee engagement, workloads, job designs, performance measurement, rewards and sanctions, etc.
• Employee compensation management is also a problem. Compensation is broad and includes such things as salary, welfare, health, insurance, profit sharing plans, etc. This can be challenging to manage in light of factors such as competition, rising cost of living, environmental hazards, economic challenges, poor business results, and other factors.
• Leadership and managerial setbacks are also common. You can have the best hires, but when there are shortcomings in leadership and management, you’ll get nowhere. Do you disagree with me on this? Impart your vision, mission, values, etc. It requires good leaders. The development of trust, motivation, empowerment of employees, etc. It requires good leaders. Training and developing people, including succession planning, requires wisdom.
• social and economic Topics such as globalization, recession, demographic changes, technological advances, diversity in the workplace, health and safety concerns, etc. they provide a handful of problems for human capital managers. I guess if you haven’t thought about the impact of these on your workforce in the last six months, then you’re not a people manager. It is not like this?
• Change management it also quite occupies the minds and thoughts of human resource managers. With organizations downsizing, restructuring, reengineering, merging, and acquiring, you just can’t have free flow as a people manager. The changing nature of work, the work environment, the attitude and mindset of staff, etc., certainly pose a challenge to any organization.
• conflict management In today’s high pressure work environment it cannot be ignored. These conflicts can be internal and external. Conflicts within a team, between leaders and their subordinates, between departments, with associations such as unions, etc. They will definitely demand your attention as a human capital manager.
• Legal and statutory there are also challenges. The constantly changing laws on employment and labor, such as freedom of association, workers’ compensation, equal opportunity, safety and health in the workplace, non-discrimination, represent a great challenge. Ethical issues are also vital.
• Social networks in this modern age it is also something that a people manager cannot ignore. Haven’t you come across the guy who looks and pretends to be busy at a computer all day, but at the end of the day you barely see any evidence of the work being done? Has your his organization already provided guidelines to your staff regarding the use of social media while in office?

Well, I guess we’ve highlighted the keys. Some other challenges tend to differ with location, industry, level of development, etc. However, as a people manager, your knowledge of the commons is vital to your human capital management efforts.

Respectfully,

Clayton Mwaka