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HRM Challenges

The document outlines current and future challenges in the workplace, including the rise of independent workers, the need for work-life balance, and changes in employee expectations. It also addresses issues such as technological developments, globalization, and managing diversity among employees. Future challenges highlighted include workplace flexibility, human capital management, and an increasing shortage of labor.

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HRM Challenges

The document outlines current and future challenges in the workplace, including the rise of independent workers, the need for work-life balance, and changes in employee expectations. It also addresses issues such as technological developments, globalization, and managing diversity among employees. Future challenges highlighted include workplace flexibility, human capital management, and an increasing shortage of labor.

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Current

challenges
 The increase of independent worker and self employment
 Balancing Work-life
 Motivational Approaches
 Changes in the external regulation of employment
 Changed Employee Expectations
 Outsourcing HR Activities
 Employability and Continuing Education
 Recruitment and Retention
 Challenges of new technology
 Challenges of globalization
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1. The increase of independent worker and self
employment
People tend to have more
freedom in terms of whether to
work or not
More people are choosing to
work on a freelance, contract
basic or to work part-time

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2. Balancing
Work-life

 There is a need of a programme which


is capable of balancing work-life and is
supposed to include a childcare at or near
the workplace, job sharing, on-site summer
camp, training supervisors to respond to
work and family needs of employees,
flexible work scheduling, sick leave policies
etc.

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3. Motivational
Approaches
 job characteristics, working
environment and appropriate
organizational reward system are the
factor of motivation.
 Workplace motivation is an
important aspect as it influences
people to do things which help to
achieve organizational goals.

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4. Changes in the external regulation of
employment
• Examples of this trend are to
be found in the areas of race,
gender and age discrimination,
employment protection, the
treatment of pregnant women
and trade union membership.

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5. Changed Employee
Expectations
The business will :
• Adhere to the job description
• Train and development
• Provide effective supervision
• Have fair policies
• Treat them respectfully
• Care about them
• Provide opportunities
• Do what it says

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6. Outsourcing HR
Activities
• It is a big challenge before the
HR manager to prove that
his/her department is as
important as any other functions
in the organization. The
relevance of HR is at stack.

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7. Employability and Continuing
Education
• This is a major area of challenge
to most employers, especially
those who employ large number
of staff. Staffs have to take
retraining in order to adapt a
constantly changing external
environment.

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8. Recruitment and
Retention

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9.Challenges of
globalization
• Globalization influences the
number and kinds of jobs that
are available and requires an
organization to balance a
complicated set of issues related
to managing people with
different cultures, geographies
and legal environment.

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10. Managing
Diversity
• Dealing with people from
differentage,gender,race,educationa
l
background,location,incomereligious
belief, work experience can be a
challenging task for hr managers.

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Future
Challenges
 Workplace flexibility
 Technological Developments
 Changes in the Socio-Cultural expectations of the work force
 Challenge in Human Capital
 Increasing Shortage of Labour

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1. Workplace
flexibility
• It is expected to be on the rise as the future
workplace also known as the virtual office is
characterized by creative and flexible work
arrangements.
E.g.: Virtual Talent Management.

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2. Technological
Developments
• Technological development affects the specification of jobs in
terms of different requirements of education skill required and
organizational structure performance control
• The strategies in ensuring employee acceptance of the
programme are vital through the introduction and management of
technological changes.

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3. Changes in the Socio-Cultural
expectations of the work force
• These include changes in the
compositions of work force in
terms of their education, social
background, and roots in urban
setting and exposure to larger
democratic culture of our
country.

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4. Challenge in Human
Capital
• Human capital is intangible and cannot be managed the
way organization manage jobs, technologies and etc.

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5. Increasing Shortage of
Labour
• After the year 2010, the growth rate of workforce is projected to be
declining even further.
• The annual growth rate is projected to be only 0.4 percent which
is the lowest in more than a century.
• HR professionals work within their own organizations, they must
also cope with good and bad economies, new technology, and the
social issues global, regional and national which affect their
organizations.

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