HR Blog By Sudarshanie Peiris

  Importance of Ethics in Business   “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do”                                              -Potter Stewart-   Business Ethics and Individual Behavior Ethics is often usually abstract or relative to people who believe that rules don’t apply to them. Rules and laws apply to all, as do standards of right and wrong behavior. Each individual's actions among the company affect both the individual and the organization.   It helps the whole organization when an employee commits ethically and responsibly. Leaders set the tone for ethics in their organizations.   Unfortunately that some employees in the higher layers of the organization decide to act unethically, but it is a fact of business and also life. Because of that, it is necessary for ...

Meet Employee Expectations after Pandemic   Employers and employees each have legal rights, responsibilities, and expectations. Workplace expectations after pandemic have seen a big difference. Employees are more empowered, had to become more autonomous and self-directed. Most of them want more flexibility in their careers, and the demand for an enhanced workplace experience continues to intensify. “Security of employment, good working conditions, a healthy and safe work environment” (Armstrong, 2017)   Pandemic has supplied organizations with an opportunity to modify and renovate old operating methods and introduce new working methods which may not otherwise have been possible. It will be a huge challenge, meeting and even exceeding employee expectations in the months ahead. Those organizations that differentiate themselves from competitors will be the ones that provide employees with access to the right technologies and platforms to enable them to do their work mor...

Job Design   " Job Design is the process of deciding on the contents of a job in terms of its duties and responsibilities, on the methods to be used in carrying out the job, in terms of techniques, systems and procedures, and on the relationships that colleagues." Michael Armstrong, (2014, p.145) What is Job Design? Job design is a set of processes to job analyze the roles and responsibilities that are core to the job, it helps to figure out what qualities, skills, and other requirements are needed to perform the given job by the organization.   The process of Job Design:   Importance of Job Design It is very important, the process which makes sure that the job remains updated and is relevant to the employee. To reduce dissatisfaction is the main objective which comes while doing the job daily. It can lead to the employee leaving the organization and causing issues for the company. The primary responsibility of job design is regularly updating the ...

Hard and Soft HRM approach   Human Resource Management is a strategic approach to the acquisition, motivation, development, and management of your business’s HR efforts.  HRM divided into three areas: 1.       Individual  Assisting staff with developing within your business.  2.       Organizational  Generating a successful system across your business.  3.       Career When matching individuals with the right roles and career paths throughout your organization can also take a hard or soft HRM approach.   What is hard and soft HRM? There are different types of approaches to managing your employees with HR, hard HRM focuses on more traditional business outlooks, while soft has a progressive outlook.   Hard HRM : The focus here is to identify workforce needs so you can recruit and manage as you need to (including hiring staff, or making others red...