PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Graduate School
Urdaneta City
Module 16
Issues, Problems & Trends in
Managing and Developing
Human Resources
ME 212
Human Resource Development
and Management
Summer 2012
JOHN A. LIWANAG, C.E.
Master in Management Engineering

Human Resources
 Human resource management (HRM, or simply
HR) is the management of an organization’s
workforce, or human resources. It is responsible for
the attraction, selection, training,, assessment and
rewarding of employees, while also overseeing
organizational leadership and culture, and ensuring
compliance with
employee and labor laws.
 HRM is the organizational function that deals
with issues related to people such as
compensation, hiring, performance
management, organization development, safety,
wellness, benefits, employee motivation,
communication, administration, and training.

Issues and Problems on HRM
1. Diversity is a common and important HR issue.
Employers must adhere to hiring, promotion and
termination practices that don't discriminate against
people of different races, ages or sexual orientations.
Source:gov.cbia.com

Issues and Problems on HRM
2. Productivity is one of the human resources issues that
continue to be a common struggle for most businesses.HR
management has the responsibility of designing the
workplace structure and implementing programs that help
increase employee motivation and productivity.

Issues and Problems on HRM
3.Training is needed in virtually every business and
industry. Training is classically one of the most
common human resources issues as it’s a
necessary component of employee development.

Issues and Problems on HRM
4. Benefits are human resources issues.. In human resources, a
compensation package refers to salary plus included benefits.
Common employee benefits include health insurance, life
insurance, a dental plan and employee product discounts.
Source:applegate.co.uk

Issues and Problems on HRM
5. Outsourcing refers to companies giving work to independent contractors
outside the company rather than to in-house employees. Outsourcing is one of
the most common human resources issues today as more businesses are hiring
freelancers rather than creating more overhead costs by taking on additional
in-house employees.

The 8 Major Trends in HR Today
1. Analytics and Metrics
More and more organizations are
building in-house workforce analytics
capabilities and trying to respond to
pressures to establish the expected
economic return to programs and
practices they propose to senior
leadership.
In other words, companies are forking Source:performanceassociates.co.nz
over their own time and resources in
order to analyze what’s working and
demonstrating ROI for their company—
not necessarily just following so-called
tried and true industry standards that
may have worked in the past.

The 8 Major Trends in HR Today
2. Technology
Another trend is “HR wanting to ‘own’ their
technology and making a move to cloud
based solutions that they can maintain
cheaply without having to be dependent
upon IT or a big ERP system.”
In addition, many organizations are
automating processes through either
technology or vendors.

The 8 Major Trends in HR Today
 3. Outsourcing
Functions are being outsourced
including recruitment, labor
relations and total rewards.
The workforce is working more
non-traditionally. This includes
flexible work schedules, virtual
workplaces and greater
reliance on contingent staffing.

The 8 Major Trends in HR Today
4. Compliance
employers are seen as the deep pocket
solution to many employee-related woes,
and if an employer does not have the
policies, procedures and proper
documentation in place when a claim is
lodged, it could cost them a penny on
employment-related claims, wage and hour
claims, wrongful termination, age
discrimination, sexual and general
harassment claims and others.

The 8 Major Trends in HR Today
 5. Compensation,
Benefits and Employee
Incentives
This focuses on upgraded
wellness programs which
becomes part of upcoming
changes in healthcare, set
to occur over the next
few years.

The 8 Major Trends in HR Today
6. Training and Development
How learning functions are changing is
one indication of a pendulum shift, but
the role employees place on learning
and development may be even more
notable. A hefty paycheck and great
benefits are always top of mind for
most desirable candidates – but
another major change that’s occurring
in the HR and recruiting space is that
employees are looking for companies Source:pedge.com
that will provide them the skills
necessary to prepare them for their
long-term career goals.

The 8 Major Trends in HR Today
7. Contingent Workforce
The rise of the consultant and contingent
workforce at multiple levels throughout
many organizations has lead to short-term
assignments, harder to understand
resumes, and increased specialization.
Long term is now considered 12 months if
you make it that far, you might just be a fit
for more responsibility. Only then are
people eligible for ancillary benefits of
Source:enterforce.com
training, coaching, and career planning.

The 8 Major Trends in HR Today
8. A Growingly Mobile Workforce
Thanks to tablets and the growing
availability of wireless technology, more
and more companies are reducing
overhead costs by letting their constantly
wired workforce telecommute.
In most cases, the arrangement is to the
mutual benefit of both employer and
employee.
Statistics show that allowing employees
to work from home at least part of the
time can increase productivity by 15
percent and save the company an average
of $10k per year per employee,
according to a study by the Telework
Research Coalition. Additionally, this
saves the employee about $7k annually,
reduces turnover and improves company
loyalty. Source: fidis.net

References
 Sheri Cyprus & Heather Bailey , 2003-2012 Conjecture Corporation
 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 Trends in Human Resource Management Tony E. Hansen Walden University:
 HR Roundtable, Alexandra Guadagno