What Exactly Does HR Do in a Company? Exploring Their Key Roles and Responsibilities

Role and Responsibilities of an HR

The role and responsibilities of an HR professional encompass a wide range of duties within an organization. HR is responsible for managing employee relations, overseeing recruitment and hiring processes, and ensuring compliance with labor laws. They also handle employee benefits and compensation, develop training programs, and work to maintain a positive work environment.

Powers and Duties of HR in an Organization

HR professionals have the authority to enforce company policies, mediate conflicts, and implement disciplinary actions when necessary. They are also tasked with maintaining employee records, conducting performance reviews, and advising management on HR-related issues. Their duties are crucial in aligning the workforce with the organization's goals and objectives.

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I do not know what your professional background is other than your desire to pursue an MBA in HR. Let me share my views: HR, in principle, is the most important function in an organization if its essence is understood and practiced. Many HR personnel and MBA graduates perform their roles mechanically, focusing on tasks like filling in forms, completing training calendars, and carrying out activities reminiscent of government office clerks from the old days when the department was known as Personnel.

If you aspire to excel in HR, it is crucial that you possess extreme compassion for both people and the organization. This field is more about emotions than intelligence, although I do not mean to imply that HR lacks intelligence. Often, HR professionals are detached and uninvolved with the individuals whose destinies they influence, functioning more like machine operators. If you are an engineer considering an MBA in HR, it could be beneficial for you to gain practical experience in a manufacturing setting as a regular graduate before delving into HR, to better understand the practical challenges before seeking solutions.

Take inspiration from Mahindra & Mahindra, where engineers with experience and an MBA in HR staff the HR and Training departments at their new Chakan plant. Look into best HR practices at Toyota (refer to "Toyota Culture" by Jeffrey Liker & Michael Hoseus, published by Tata-McGraw Hill) to see how advanced HR functions can be. Western cultures often struggle with implementing such practices.

In conclusion, HR is an art that is approached as a science. The wisdom lies in blending the two approaches seamlessly. True HR does not seek power; instead, it nurtures a sense of responsibility in others and within the HR professionals themselves. All the best.

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Harish Patel.

Thank you, Mr. Harish. I am a graduate of Commerce and currently in my first year of an MBA program. I am very interested in the HR field. Although I have no real-time experience yet, I want to learn about the real-time duties of HR in an organization.

1. Recruitments and Manpower Planning
2. Induction and Orientation
3. Joining Formalities, Relieving Formalities, and Settlements
4. Exit Interviews. Issuing of IOMs, Office Orders, and Notices for maintaining Punctuality
5. Performance Appraisals
6. Monitoring and dealing with the union bearers
7. Liaison with the Government Officials
8. Liaison with Local People
9. Maintenance of Employee Safety in Organization through safety measures and issuing “PPE” to the employees
10. Maintenance of ISO requirements
11. Maintenance of Statutory and regulatory requirements and licenses, including submission of returns in prescribed form/register. Study of existing statutory and regulatory compliance, if any other requirements to be compiled, the same may be brought to the notice of the undersigned for taking further action
12. Monthly Salaries Preparation