Pramod's Blog (MBA)

  Training and Development in HRM Figure 01 Employee Training and Development helps in updating employees’ skills and knowledge for performing a Job which at the end results in increasing their work efficiency and increase the productivity of an organization. It ensures that Employees oddness or eccentricity is reduced and learning or behavioral change should take place in a very structured format.  Training development or learning and development are official ongoing educational activities designed for goal fulfillment and enhance the performance of employees. (You Tube) What is employee training and development...? Definition: Employee Training and Development in HRM is defined as a system used by an organization to improve the skills and performance of the employees. It is an educational tool which consists of information and instructions to make existing skills sharp, introduce new concepts and knowledge to improve the employee performance. An effective training & deve...

  Health and safety in HRM What is health and safety at work...? (You Tube) Health & safety meaning is this—it covers occupational programs, guidelines, and procedures you need have to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of your workforce. If you establish the right policies and procedures and train your employees to understand them, then you can prevent and manage accidents or injuries in the workplace. Workplace   safety   is a process that seeks to eliminate or reduce risks of injury or illness to employees. The chief aim of workplace safety is to protect an organization's most valuable asset—its people. Workplace safety is achieved through a variety of methods, including policies, procedures and specific hazard control techniques. Policies and procedures are devised and integrated into the organization's overall management and administrative processes. They usually involve specific job task procedures established for working with or around equipment, hazardous ...

  Ergonomics What is Ergonomics....? While ergonomics is frequently delegated to the realm of safety professionals, it can be a great focus for HR as well-reduced absenteeism, increased productivity, and healthier employees are all benefits. Business consultant Bridget Miller has some ergonomics tips for employers.  Ergonomics refers to the study of how people interact with their working environment and then adjusting that environment to improve efficiency—all while reducing the chance for injury and optimizing well-being and productivity. This assessment and adjustment takes into account the individual’s physical characteristics as well as the movements and actions needed to accomplish the job. In short, it means employers are adapting the job and the work environment to suit the worker, rather than making the worker adapt (Bruce, S. 2015). Ergonomics can be understood as the science of creating or designing devices and equipment that are fit for the human body and enhances t...

 Equal Employment Opportunity What is equal employment opportunity...? (You Tube) Persistent patterns of employment segregation have long been challenged through what is here called “the discourse of equity”. Associated equity legislation and equal employment policies have not succeeded in changing these patterns. “The management of diversity”, a newly‐developing discourse, is claimed by its proponents to encapsulate traditional equity issues in a more managerially compelling format. Additionally, through this new discourse, progressively addresses issues associated with managing diverse people in a global context. Argues that, in the context of globalizing capitalism, a new homogeneity with different patterns of exclusion is being achieved. The pragmatic focus on “the management of diversity” may diffuse the emancipatory imperative implicit in “the discourse of equity”. Urges an examination of the extent to which traditional equity concerns have been co‐opted to divert attention f...

 Performance Management What is Performance Management...?                                                                                           (You Tube) Performance management is a corporate management tool that helps managers monitor and evaluate employees' work. Performance management's goal is to create an environment where people can perform to the best of their abilities and produce the highest-quality work most efficiently and effectively (Tradi, C. 2021).                                                                         ...

  Employee Satisfaction One in five employees has had sex in the workplace, one in three has taken Class A drugs at work, and one in six admit to ‘constantly’ surfing the web on matters totally unrelated to work (Bolchover, D. 2005). what is employee satisfaction...? Employee satisfaction is a term that is used to describe if employees  are happy and fulfilling their desires and needs at work. The crucial factor with employee satisfaction is that satisfied employees must do the job and make the contributions that the employer  needs. Employee satisfaction is a wider term that is used by the Human Capital industry to describe how satisfied or content employees are with elements like their jobs, their employee experience, and the organizations they work for. Employee satisfaction is one key metric that can help determine the overall pulse of an organization, which is why many organizations employ regular surveys to measure employee satisfaction and track satisfaction t...

  Job Analysis (You Tube) Job analysis refers to a systematic process of collecting all information about a specific job, including skill requirements, roles, responsibilities and processes in order to create a valid job description. Job analysis also gives an overview of the physical, emotional & related human qualities required to execute the job successfully. Job analysis is an important step in ensuring that the right candidate is selected. Job analysis helps the employer in recruitment and selection, performance management, choosing compensation and benefits, etc. It helps the employees to have a clear picture of what is actually required of them. As companies grow and roles change, HR professionals might need to review roles and job expectations by performing a job analysis. In this job analysis, employees can discuss skill sets or tasks needed to perform the role. A job analysis can help revise roles, improve current practices and might even adjust pay in some cases. In ...