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3.6.1 Setting human resource objectives - Coggle Diagram
3.6.1 Setting human resource objectives
HR objectives
Maintaining good employee/employer relations
Alignment of values
Training & Diversity
Matching workforce skills and size and location of workforce to requirements of a business
Internal Influences
Finances available
Current workforce numbers, skills and location
Production&Marketing planning
External Influence
Changes in technology
Structure of the population
Government legislation
Hard HR Approach
Workers are a resource
Adjust the workforce to meet the business needs, rather than adjust the business to work with the strengths of the workforce.
Recruit and train workers to fit the business.
Cost first focus.
Autocratic leadership
Hard pay bargaining
High labour turnover
Short term workforce planning
Tall organisational structure
Soft HR Approach
Workers are the key to the business’s success
Business built around the skills of the workers
Encourage the development of the workforce to create a competitive advantage
Democratic leadership
Performance-related pay
More delegation, empowerment
Long term planning
Flat organisational structure