How does HR play a crucial role in the organization?

This article was posted by Ridhi Kumari on November 20, 2020, 5:30 pm. The article is categorized under: HR role recruitment talent training productivity
HR is an important department of the company. HR tackles all the onboarding processes of employees across various departments. Typically, they are ones who schedule your interviews, tell about different vacancies, screen various resumes to find the best fit for a particular job.HR leaders take decisions on workforce needs based on the requirement.
Let us have a look at some of the points on how HR plays a crucial role in the organization.


**Talent Acquisition **
The HR Team is responsible for talent management. They plan on how to post various job vacancies and recruitment of freshers. They have a significant role in selecting the right candidate for the available position. They handle the acquisition, training, performance monitoring, retention of the candidates. The team takes the measurements and advises to hire top talent in the market. The main role is to ensure the long-term productivity of the employees. They take care of client’s expectations and what drives growth for them.

**Organizing the company**
HR has an important role in deciding the structure of the organization. HR does not have specific goals, but what suits the company's business model. It is the company’s growth that is tied to the HR team. They distribute the various roles to the company members that are the best fit. Time management is best seen in HR practices. They keep the track of duration required to train and utilize the maximum potential of the candidates. It is also important to retain the raw talent that has been polished via the company. Due to huge investment from companies in training and skill development, it is crucial to figure out the best way to retain them.


**Shaping the company’s culture**
The HR team puts a great amount of work in maintaining the company's culture and maintains smooth communication between employees. They track the performance of the employees and can recommend changes if it is required. They keep checking that employees don’t waste valuable time and resources of the company. An efficient HR team ensures that there is continuous monitoring for quality required for the company's growth. The HR team is also responsible for organizing various events in the company. They conduct various employee engagement activities to maintain a healthy work culture. These occasions are good to know other co-workers working in different departments and have fun interaction.

**Compensation benchmarking**
Compensation benchmarking is the process that decides the salary package of an individual. HR plays a key role in the entire process. It matches internal jobs and descriptions to similar jobs to the professionals. It makes sure that the pay rates remain competitive in the local geographical area. HR makes decisions that enable smart pricing of the top talent. It ensures fresh graduates benchmark CTC based on their positions. HR uses data resources to accurately assess the true price of a job.

**Succession Planning**
Succession planning is an important aspect that involves the identification of individuals as the possible successor to senior positions when it becomes vacant. HR helps in locating the suitable probable successor. Top HR managers undertake the process of selection. The succession planning can be for 5-7 years or continuously evolving processes in an organization. It is the task of HR to keep an eye on suitable candidates and identify executives possessing the desired skills and potential.


**Employee engagement activity**
Employee engagement is highly required to create an enthusiastic workplace and increase productivity. It is the HR who is responsible for increasing positive engagement in the organization. Employees may engage less with each other over time as they get accustomed to the same routine and the same people. HR can conduct various activities, group games, quizzes to make the workplace more conducive and diffuse the stress. It brings freshness to the surrounding. It can also conduct surveys to find out the status of the employees and take steps to ensure sustained productivity. Thus, HR ensures good internal communication and a healthy work environment among the employees.

**Motivating Employees**
Employees are valuable assets of the company. The success of a company depends on the employee's efficiency at work. To be an efficient employee, one needs to be skilled, motivated, engaged, and productive at their job. But what happens if the employee's motivation starts to deteriorate? The HR department can come to rescue from this problem. It is the responsibility of HR to maintain a positive flow between employees and upper management. They can motivate employees by keeping open communication channels to address their issues. The HR team appreciates the efforts of the employees for their hard work and congratulates them for completing a project. The HR team sends appreciation notes to acknowledge their efforts that in turn motivates them to do better in the future.


Thus, it is evident that HR leaders play a vital role in a company's growth and transformation. They are responsible for dealing with various issues that can cause low productivity. Hence, it cannot be overlooked. A strong HR team is the backbone of the company. They are leaders that transform the workplace culture and keep it going.
Ridhi  Kumari
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