Roles And Responsibilty

Human Resources managers have to change on a regular basis due to changes in the world. Regardless of the size and location of the organization the events happen in the world which causes them to run things differently. This paper will describe some of the changes in roles and responsibility of the human resource managers in response to trends in globalization, technology, diversity, e-business, and ethics. I will relate some the different topics to Procter and Gamble which is an organization that is very large and is located all over the world.

Globalization

"Organizations with international operations hire at least some of their employees in the foreign countries where they operate" (Pg 46) so it easier to conduct business within that country. On the other hand they need to be able to communicate between countries so that is where the human resource manager comes in and hires individuals based of being able to speak different languages. With Procter and gamble having so many different locations all over the world and a headquarters in Costa Rica they need to hire employees from different areas to conduct the work needed to be done. If the organization is small and does not have enough ability to hire staff members to communicate between the different companies they may need to outsource some of the work and hire contract employees who can speak the language needed at different times. "In order for the organization to operate in other countries, its human resource practices must take into consideration difference in culture and business practices" (Pg 47). Each country has their own set of rules and regulations and HR needs to understand that in order to do business in that country they need to abide by those rules.

Diversity and Ethics

Human resource managers need to consider that people come from different cultures and have different values. "Changes affecting the United States labor force is that it is growing more diverse in racial and ethic terms" (pg 34). Another factor is there are more women working now then ever and they are now working in jobs that at one time was known as a mans job. With the world becoming so diverse human resource managers have to take lots of things into consideration, such as ensuring "they fully utilize the talents, skills and values of all employees" regardless of what culture they come form or values they take into account. Everyone in the world have different understandings of what is right or wrong and this is where the human resource department comes into handy, they sort through resumes and applications to see what employees will fit best working together and interview based of each others values and skills. Once the individual is scheduled for the interview the HR manager doing the interview needs to sort through the information given to see if they would be a right fit for the organization and hire the or not based of that. Everyone in the labor force has a right to feel they are looked upon as being equal. A group known as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was put together to help control this.