For this paper, I will review the performance management systems in my department, Rural/Metro Fire Department (RMFD), Tucson, Arizona. First a little background about the department. Established in the Tucson area in 1962, RMFD currently delivers Fire/EMS/Ambulance Transport/Hazmat and TRT to its 206 square miles of service area (Rural Metro Fire Department, 2017, p. 1). From Fire Chiefs, Firefighters, Paramedics, EMT’s, Fleet Services and Administrative personnel, these 165 talented men and women make up the team dedicated to providing both emergency and non-emergent care to our service area. RMFD is a for profit corporation based in Scottsdale Arizona. As a for profit corporation, RMFD’s revenue steam is generated through a …show more content…
The human resource department within my organization mirrors the basic definition of human resource management; the function within an employer that engages recruitment, management of people and provides direction for the employees who are gain employment and promotion through attrition (Heathfield, 2016, p. 1). However, in recent years it has become pro-active by facilitating the required promotional classes. For example; engineer testing, leadership classes, officer prep course work and other department specific classes, a pro-active approach to establishing a new culture in my department.
On an annual basis, the corporate office mandates and facilitates the required OSHA (Occupational Safety Health and Administration), HIPPA (health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and Corporate Compliance Training as mandated by the federal government. These programs are administered through on-line computer based training with no human presence or involvement. Routinely, the human resource manager and her assistant manage the fundamentals of our employees consisting of approximately 250 personnel. Human resource duties include; job posting, highering, termination, employee benefits, vacation, sick leave, payroll and data entry (Society for Human Resource Management [SHRM], 2017, p. 1).
The demographics of the organization in comparison to the demographics of the community that it
Performance management systems benefit stakeholders at every level if they are implemented successfully. Performance management systems align employee performance with the strategic direction set by the organization. St. Jessica’s Urban Medical Center’s leadership must perform specific actions, prior to implementing the new performance management system, to ensure it is a success. The organization's leadership must disseminate the information throughout the company, create a process that ensures employees can dispute ratings, train raters to evaluate employees and gain buy-in from early adopters (Aguinis, 2013). A newly implemented performance management system will fail if the proper steps are not taken in the beginning.
The role of a Human Resource department is ever changing in today’s volatile business environment. Over the years HR have become strong strategic partners within an organization by providing functions such as recruitment,
The role of a Human Resource department is ever changing in today’s volatile business environment. Over the years HR have become strong strategic partners within an
* Plan: need to clearly identify what performance is required and how it will be measured
Bhagria, A. (2010). Roles and Functions of the Human Resource Department; Young HR Manager. Retrieved May 4, 2014, from
Like most other department managers, the primary function of a human resource manager is responsible for overseeing department functions as well as managing employees. This is why the human resource manager must be extremely familiar with every square inch of each discipline of human resource management. This includes Equal Employment Opportunities and Affirmative Action, human resource planning, recruitment, and selection, human resource development, compensation and benefits, safety and health, and employee relations. In this reflective essay I will discuss each of these disciplines and how they work together. Additionally, I will discuss which functions I believe to be the most important, and how human resource management can be optimized for shaping organizational and employee behavior.
Human resource helps in recruiting the most efficient employees for organizations. They support the use of training and development to improve individual employees as well as the whole organization. They make sure that the training given to the employees is effective and they support any changes that are essential for the improvement of the workplace (McLagan and Suhadolnick 1987). Human resource development now has evolved from just training to development of the whole organization or individual (Chalofsky and Lincoln 1983; Gilley 1998; Harris and DeSimone 1994; Kenny 1982; Nadler and Nadler
Using the concepts of performance management and organizational goals, develop an argument regarding the relationship between the two (2) concepts. Be sure to include discussion regarding the impact of one to another and the challenges presented.
Human Resource Management (HRM) are activities managers perform to plan for attracting, develop, and retain a productive workforce (Kinicki & Williams, 2016). The role of human resource management is to prepare, develop, and administer policies and program designed to make expeditious use of an organization human resources. Part of control which is concerned with the people at work and with their relationship within an enterprise. HRM have their hands full; they have to face employees daily with a complaint, write-ups and sadly terminating of the worker. All areas of HRM such as, staffing, orientation, training, development, pay wages benefits are all significant parts that are dealt with daily. Human resource management presents itself as
Clapton Commercial Construction is a mid-size company on the construction segment, currently located in Detroit, Michigan and looking to expand their business to Arizona. The economically depressed city of Detroit, considered one of the most prosperous cities in the entire nation, has had some improvements lately, with the automobile companies, bringing jobs back to town and slightly increased the demand for commercial construction. Although it is noticeable the city’s evolutions that are gradually occurring, the recession effect still prevails impacting Clapton Commercial Construction’s ability to being profitable,
As stated by Peter F. Drucker, “Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.” Performance management is essential to achieving an organization 's mission statement and business goals, and also in attracting, retaining, and motivating qualified employees. There are many benefits and reasons why an organization should execute a performance management system. Performance appraisals establish the basis for qualifying, recognizing, and rewarding employee contributions. In this paper, I will discuss what performance management is, the problems with the current performance management system at my organization, how other organizations have succeeded in their performance management system and how I would advise management at my current organization to improve our performance management system.
Throughout every organization, there is a system set up for effective performance management. It is known that there is a continuous process associated with performance management. In order have success in the process; managers must have extensive knowledge of the mission and goals of the organization. Once the mission and goal is set in place, there should be a cascading effect that trickles down to each employee within the organization. This paper summarizes an article titled “Performance Management Done Right: It’s Not the Form, It’s the Process” (Murray, n.d.) The published article breaks down what performance management actually entails and introduces a variety of ways to implement the tool that helps build
The role of the human resources (HR) department can play a significant role in the success and achievements of an organization. The department, which has evolved from the
1. There are many purposes of a Performance Management System and its relation to business objectives which include:
I have experience in performance management and understand the performance appraisal or a disciplinary process. It aims to improve organisational, functional, team and individual performances. Effective performance management measures the progress being made towards the achievement of the organisation's business objectives. It does so by planning, establishing, monitoring, reviewing and evaluating organisational, functional, team and individual performance.