What Are the Latest HR Trends You're Seeing in Your Workplace?

Hi Friends,

Kindly suggest some of the latest trends in HR. 📈

Hi, I am Rupali, doing MA in PMIR from TISS. I'm working on the same project. Can you help me find the latest trends?

Hi,

HR has to play a vital role in today's competitive age. Companies that are employee-focused are able to retain staff. Involvement of employees in decisions, asking for their views, suggestions, and keeping continuous and close touch with them are priorities for many multinationals. Appreciation and recognition for their outstanding contribution boost the morale of the employees. There are many more things apart from this.

Guys, please give your suggestions.

Sushil

As per my knowledge, the current trends in HR are Six Sigma, Kaizen, TQM, TPM, and change management. If you want to learn more about this, please reach out to me so we can exchange our suggestions.

Hi Tamil,

I have seen your mail regarding the trends in HR. In that mail, you have mentioned Six Sigma. Could you please provide me with more details about Six Sigma?

Thank you.

Hi Brindha,

I saw your post for more details about Six Sigma.

Six Sigma uses statistical techniques to improve processes in both manufacturing and service industries. There is an important role for Human Resources (HR) in this sophisticated process improvement approach. HR professionals with the right skills can contribute to a Six Sigma initiative at both strategic and tactical levels.

The term "Six Sigma" is widely used to refer to all of the following:
- A structured method for improving business processes. This method, called DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control), is supported by an assortment of statistical tools.
- A statistical measurement of how well a business process is performing. A process that performs at "Six Sigma" produces only 3.4 defects out of every million opportunities to produce a defect. Processes that perform at lower sigma levels (such as one sigma or four sigma) produce more defects per million opportunities. It is possible for a process to perform at an even higher level (and thus have even fewer defects), but Six Sigma has become popular as the standard for excellent process performance.
- An organizational mindset in which people make decisions based on data, look for root causes of problems, define defects based on customer rather than internal requirements, seek to control variation, track leading indicators of problems to prevent them from happening, etc.

Implementation of Six Sigma plays a vital role in selection and retention of employees, rewards and recognition, measuring team effectiveness, change management, etc. For more details on these, refer to the following websites:
- [isixsigma.com](http://isixsigma.com) ([Search on Cite](https://www.citehr.com/results.php?q=www isixsigma com library content c030414a asp) | [Search on Google](https://www.google.com/search?q=www isixsigma com library content c030414a asp))
- [accelper.com/pdfs/Six%20Sigma%20in%20Human%20Resources.pdf](http://accelper.com/pdfs/Six%20Sigma%20in%20Human%20Resources.pdf)
- [aon.com/about/publications/issues/2003_role_hr_six_sigma.jsp](http://aon.com/about/publications/issues/2003_role_hr_six_sigma.jsp) ([Search on Cite](https://www.citehr.com/results.php?q=www aon com about publications issues 2003 role hr six sigma jsp) | [Search on Google](https://www.google.com/search?q=www aon com about publications issues 2003 role hr six sigma jsp))

Hope this will give you a useful insight into Six Sigma and HR.

Hi! I'm preparing for TISS. Can anyone tell me what basic books I should read on HR apart from our human capital so that I get a good grasp of HR terms and terminologies for the purpose of the written exam and the interview? Please help if anyone can.