HR AUDIT

WHAT IS HR AUDIT ?
HR Audit is a tool for evaluating the personnel activities of an organisation. A quality control check on HR activities in a division or a company. HRA is Evaluation, Examination, Review and Verification of Completed Activities to find the true state of affair in the department. Helps to assess the effectiveness of HR functions.

OBJECTIVES OF HRA
Basic purpose of HR-Audit is to find:
Effectiveness: To review performance of Human resource Dept. and its activities to determine effectiveness. Implementation: To locate gaps, lapses, failings in applying Polices, Procedures, Practices & HR-directives. Rectification: To take corrective steps to rectify mistakes. Evaluation: To evaluate HR Staff & employees. Modify: To review HR System and Modify to meet challenges in comparison with other organizations. Questioning: To seek answers to What happened ? Why did it happen ? Why did it not happen ?

BENEFITS OF HR AUDIT
Identification of the contributions of the HR department to the Organisation. Encourages greater responsibility and professionalism among members of the HR department. Clarifies HR department s duties and responsibilities. Creation of increased acceptance of the necessary changes in the HR department.

METHODS/APPROACHES
Comparative approach Outside authority approach Statistical approach Compliance approach Management by objectives(MBO) approach

CONCLUSION
The auditors prepare and submit an audit report which may be clean or qualified. The latter contains gaps in performance and therefore contains remarks and remedial measures. A clean report is appreciative of the department s functions.