Impact of globalization on the Role of HR Manager
Human Resource professionals typically handle the recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training and developing the employees that business needs to achieve their business goals. In the domestic management of HR, the situation is somewhat simple and easier for managed because all the works and processes are made in one special area in a special culture and specific business environment.
HRM model consists of four roles associated with HR managers such as Strategic partner, Change agent, Administrative expert, Employee champion (Ulrich, 1996).Kapoor (2007) identifies impact of globalization HR managers role under basics of Ulrich's model.
Strategic Partner role
Globalization stimulates the organisation to look for opportunities beyond its national borders. Therefore HRM can contribute to organisational effectiveness by being involved in the merger and acquisition processes. The strategic role of the HR manager is to properly communicate the reason for merge and proper organisational staffing and HR planing after the integration process since HR Planning is one of the strategic activities. HR managers should have the ability to implement the best practices in a way that is acceptable in a local situation and create alignment across different cultures and business environments.
Change Agent Role
Globalization typically results in doing business across different cultures in different languages and different legal environments. The companies do businesses globally should have the ability to respond quickly in a dynamic environment to manage their human resources effectively. As a change agent, the HR manager should have a clear understanding of the competencies required to effectively lead change. Change agents perceived to have high expertise & skills to predict changes ad make an informed decision at the operational and strategic level.
Administrative Expert Role
Advocacy includes expertise in how to create a work environment in which people will choose to be motivated, contributing and happy (Ulrich 1996). Motivated employees do their best for the betterment of themselves and the organisation. With the emerge of globalization, workplace flexibility is expected to be enhanced. Interaction through employer and employee through face to face meetings will be replaced by virtual meetings.
Employee Champion Role
Human resource personnel helps to develop a global mindset in its employees.Having a global mindset implies recognition of benefits to the whole organisation from encouraging and valuing cultural diversity in people. Globalization is increasingly adding one more thing to low-cost labour and high power technology. That is highly innovative and creative capabilities (Friedman, 2005)
Conclusion
Under proper leadership, companies will be able to attract and retain high performing employees by adapting human resource practices to the changing global labour market conditions. Therefore it is important for companies Not only familiarise with local ways of doing business and but also develop a global mindset among their employees.
References
Kapoor, , 2007. Impact of
Globalization on Human Resource Management. Employee Response Rights ,
pp.157-71.
Ulrich,
D., 1996. Human Resource Champion : The next agenda of adding value and
delivering results. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
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