Reading / comprehension activities

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Unit 2.

Зміст

Теми та зміст практичних занять

Human recourses management

Module 6

Інститут економіки та бізнесу

Імені Тараса Шевченка»

ДЗ «Луганський національний університет

«Англійська мова

(за професійним спрямуванням)»

(третій курс)

Розподіл навчального часу

Task 1. Read, translate the following text and try to retell it.[edit]

Human resources management

All organizations have people -- they have human resources. Regardless of the size of an organization or the extent of its resources, the organization survives -- and thrives -- because of the capabilities and performance of its people. The activities to maximize those capabilities and that performance are necessary regardless of whether the organization refers to them as Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development or Human Resources -- or has no formal name for those activities at all.

The Human Resource Management (HRM) function includes, and key among them is responsibility for human resources -- for deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations. Activities also include managing your approach to employee benefits and compensation, employee records and personnel policies. Usually small businesses (for-profit or nonprofit) have to carry out these activities themselves because they can't yet afford part- or full-time help. However, they should always ensure that employees have -- and are aware of -- personnel policies which conform to current regulations. These policies are often in the form of employee manuals, which all employees have.

Human Resources (HR) can include a broad spectrum of specialties within organizations. Some examples of specialties include recruiting, payroll, policy, safety, training and development, and performance management. In smaller organizations, the HR professional may handle all of those specialties and in larger organizations, each specialty is most likely its own department.

The roles within HR can vary greatly as well as with many departments from the purely administrative to the executive. Another related and perhaps more important question that is often discussed is, “what should HR be doing?” HR's primary purpose is to ensure that the right people are working in the right places to accomplish the organization's goal.

In other words, HR is responsible to develop programs that will attract, select, develop, and retain the talent needed to meet the organizational mission. So whether you are an HR department of one or a combination of multiple departments that include hundreds of employees, your primary responsibility is talent management. The phrase "talent management" is fairly new and usually refers to the activities to attract, develop and retain employees.

A recent survey indicated that human capital is one of the biggest challenges in the next ten years for business. Recruiting and retaining top talent should already be a number one priority of a talent management strategy; however, the challenge will be in adjusting the strategy to accommodate changes in the workforce. The real challenge for the HR professionals and business will be in developing innovative strategy to meet the new normal of the business world.