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Strategic Human Resource

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Strategic Human Resource

Human resource is a business strategy to effectively manage employees or individuals in an

organization in order to maximize performance and achieve the objectives of an organization. In recent

times, the roles of the human resource department has been re-defined to be aligned with the

organizations strategies in order to ensure that the human capital management draws out competitiveness

and top-notch work performance. (Salaman et al., 2005) Policy makers realize that the human capital in

every organization forms a very integral part in the framework of the business and should be treated as an

asset, as such the roles of the human resource became more clearly defined and were able to create

policies in organizations that enabled them manage the workforce more effectively.

HR functions in today’s world

There has been a dramatic shift over the years with the evolution of the information age, HR

functions have greatly morphed to include modernized duties in businesses while digitizing some of its

functions. The functions were majorly based on paperwork such as coming up with employee handbooks,

filling of forms, drawing up contracts and dealing with complaints. Due to the advancement of

technology, such functions have been made easier through introduction of various soft wares that make it

easier to create an employee’s database. Industries and companies are also evolving with time thus

making it even more important to make HR functions strategic business partners in organizations, with

the evolution and formation of new companies comes new regulations and employees laws thus in turn

the HR technologies are becoming more specialized in order to meet the current needs in today’s world.

(Freitas,K.2018)
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References
Freitas, K. (2018). The Future of Work:. New Roles and Capabilities for HR Thanks to Social Media. NHRD
Network Journal,, 11(2), 35-43.

Salaman, G. S. (2005). Strategic human resource management: defining the field. . Strategic human
resource management, 1-11.