Role of Human Resource Development
By:
Priyanka Shah
MBA (HR)
What is HRD?
The activities arranged within an organization in order to
improve performance and personal growth for the purpose of
improving the job, the individual, in the organization.
HRD includes the areas of training and development, career
development, and organization development which is relate d to
research and information systems, union relations, employee
assistance, benefits, selection and staffing, performance
management systems, planning , and job design .
Role of HRD
The role of manager of HRD consists of five components .It is properly
managed to HRD department. They include:
Evaluator of the HRD program's impacts and effects on organizational
efficiency.
Management of the organizational learning system
Operational manager responsible for the planning, organizing, staffing,
controlling, and coordinating of the HRD department
Strategist responsible for long-term planning and integrating of HRD
into the organization
Marketing specialist responsible for the advancement of HRD within the
organization through well defined and effective networks.
EVALUATOR
The HRD manager doing the evaluator to know the impact on
overall organizational efficiency.
The manager is responsible for the design, development, and
implementation of program evaluations as well as benefit programs.
HRD managers are also responsible for the evaluation of career
development programs and organizational development activities.
MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL
LEARNING SYSTEM
HRD is about learning, its effects on employees, and its impact on the
organization. The manger of HRD is the person responsible for the
management of learning within the organization and the development of
programs and activities that foster growth.
A manager of HRD should also be able to deliver or facilitate learning
programs and activities. They must know how to assess in the organization
and be able to effectively communicate such results to organizational
decision makers.
HRD manager must understand the importance of career development and
organizational development ,for their and development and when it is
appropriate them into the learning system .
OPERATIONAL MANAGER
The primary role of a manager of HRD. It consist of the five basic elements
of management as planning, organizing, staffing, controlling, and marketing.
The work done by operational manager are:
The strategic planning to the HRD department .
Staff recruitment, selection, hiring, evaluation, and development .
HRD budget development and control .
HRD policies, procedures, and standards.
Financial management.
Management of equipment and facilities.
Material development and management.
Supervision of staff and operation.
Program schedule.
Environmental maintenance.
ORGANIZATIONAL INTEGRATION OF HRD
As the development of an organization wide HRD program that is a
part of the everyday operations of the organization. HRD must be
integrated into the organization .
HRD manager must identify the department's strengths and
weaknesses and develop plans for their continued development or
elimination. A manager must also identify external threats as well as
opportunities .
HRD manager must identify forces or trends impacting HRD; for
example, the impact of technological developments on instructional
strategies and delivery systems.
As a member of the management team and second as an performance
there should be an improvement through learning.
MARKETING SPECIALIST
To build and maintain supportive internal/external relations, the HRD manager
must become a part of the organizational management team by attending
meetings, making presentations, serving on a variety of committees, and writing
articles and professional papers about the importance of HRD to organizational
enhancement.