Assignment 1

Trends in the Workplace

Jane Doe

Dr. Victor Villarreal

Strayer University

October 25, 2015

Trends in the Workplace

There are many key areas within the Human Resource Management arena that play a vital role in the overall performance of an organization. Some of those areas are: analysis and design of work, personnel policies, recruiting and selection, training and development, compensation and benefits, performance management and employee relations. For this paper I will only focus on personnel policies, training and development, compensation and benefits, performance management and employee relations (Noe, 2014).

Personnel policies – The backbone of any organization are human resource polices and procedural manuals and the employee handbook. These documents consist of all the details regarding the treatment to be given to the employees in the organization and help the employees in recognizing the culture of the organization. These documents clearly define the benefits to be provided to the employee, various procedures as followed in the organization and the standard of work maintained in the work place. In case there is any issue from either the side of the employer or the employee, the HR policies and procedures manual and employee handbook prove the necessary source of information to be adhered to in order to resolve the issue (Muller, 2013).

Administration, managers and supervisors can consult these documents from time to time while formulating various procedures and orders. These documents provide them the details regarding the company policies and implementation procedures to be followed. The employees can also consult these documents to acquaint themselves with the organizational policies and procedures regarding various aspects like leaves’ sanction, different allowances, insurance plans, anti-harassment rules, anti-drugs rules, etc (Muller, 2013).

Training and development – According to our text training is a planned effort to enable...