What are the challenges before the HR Management?


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What are the challenges before the HR Management?

Ans.    1.      Challenges relating to recruitment selection & development of manpower: A personnel manager is concerned with recruitment, selection, training and development of manpower. Here, he faces many challenges. For example, job seekers are many but really capable persons (employable) are few and are in great demand in the employment market. How to get most suitable persons and how to make them stable in the organization is one challenge before the personnel manager.

            2.      Challenges relating to globalization : The HR Managers of firms competing in global market have to cope up with the problems of varied laws, languages, culture, business practices such as Human Resources Planning, Staffing, Compensation etc. would therefore be affected by Globalisation of business. Business firms from India & other developing countries may find it difficult to compete with large global corporations from developed nations. Therefore, Indian firms have to face the challenges of developing & enhancing the Quality of Human resources so as to face the challenges from global corporation.

            3.      Challenges relating to balancing work with life : Balancing work with life assumes relevant when both husband and wife are employed. Work life balance is becoming a major challenge to HR management as more women are taking up jobs to add to finances of their families or to become careerists. Organisations should undertake work life balancing programmes, as in their absence both men and women will be exposed to stress, depression and anxiety.

            4.      Challenges relating to Attrition Rate : Attrition rate is on the rise with around 20-25% of the people leaving their job every year. Rewriting & Training new people every year is costly. Companies now have to take extra efforts to retain the employees.

            5.      Challenges relating to manpower management : a personnel manager has to look after certain functional activities such as promotions and transfers, administration of grievance procedure, execution of labour legislations and so on. This work is also complicated and leads to dissatisfaction among the employees. Charges of partiality and favouritism are made as regards promotions and transfers. It is necessary to introduce fair personnel policies so as to avoid dissatisfaction among the employees.

            6.      Challenges relating to trade union activities : The job of personnel manager relates to people employed in the organisation. He has to manage them properly for the benefit of the organisation. However, human behaviour is always uncertain. Employees may not appreciate personnel policies which are actually favourable to them. They may not appreciate personnel policies which are actually favourable to them. They may come under the influence of trade union leaders or political leaders and oppose management as regards certain policies and programmes. This leads to new labour problem which are difficult to deal with. In short, a personnel manager will have to face new challenges of varied nature in the normal course.

            7.      Challenges relating to trade union activities : Employees demand participative management and open system of communication. Therefore, there is a need to change the attitude and style of functioning of the managerial personnel.

                      It is necessary to look after the Career Development of employees. Career development involves finding out the aptitude & expectations of employee and assigning them such work which will help them develop their career and achieve organisation goal.

8.      Challenges relating to Reservation Issue : Disadvantaged Section of society have now become more and more articulate and private up their claim of selection & promotion. Theses are the ethnic minorities, “Son of Soil” who are displaced from the factory site, handicapped & the like Public Opinion and Government support also go into their favour. This might be a challenge to merit in selection and promotion. Modern manager are exposed to such forces.

            9.      Challenges relating to collective bargaining and other techniques of labour participation in management : A personnel manager has to play an important role in the process of collective bargaining and workers’ participation in management. Both the activities are important but difficult t introduce due to the negative attitude of employees and their trade union leadership. How to secure co-operation of employees and their unions in this regard is one challenge before the present day personnel manager.

            10.    Challenges relating to the execution of personnel policies : Execution of various personnel policies is the responsibility of personnel manager. Such policies need to be fair and also acceptable to employees in general. In the absence of their support, new problems, disputes and grievances are likely to develop. Here, the challenge before the personnel manager is how to prepare fair personnel policies and how to secure co-operation of employees in their execution.


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