Amila Perera - MBA 2022 - London Metropolitan University

Training and development is  an integral part of the human resource functions in any organization. It is a continuous process  which updates the knowledge and widens the skills of employees ,   one of the  most  important  resource in any organization. Training and development is designed to cater the changing environment with various programme  and methods planned by professionals. This helps to extract the maximum efficiency and productivity from the available human resource. Training is a  formal and systematic modification of behavior through learning which occurs as a result of. Also t raining is a  formal and methodical adjustment of behavior through learning which is a result of education, instruction, development, and planned experience.(Armstrong, 2003 as cited by Mensah and  Darkwa, 2016) What is training and development? Although the term training and development is used as one and same, training and development have some diff...

  Job rotation can be introduced as a management technique where employees are rotated between various assignments or job tasks with the aim of exposing them to various segments of the organization. This is a management approach which is helpful in revealing the skills and potentials of employees for appropriate job roles. It gives a sound knowledge regarding the tasks of the organization. Monotony of the work is decreased and helps to achieve the goals of the organization with a broad vision. Objectives of job rotation Exposing employees to all spheres of the organization Exposing employees to all spheres of the organization gives a clear idea about the organization to its employees. Employees are given a chance to understand the goals, and operation of the company. This is helpful in doing their tasks efficiently. Employers are given a chance to allocate tasks and responsibilities for the most suitable person. Decreasing the monotony of work This is one of the main objectives of ...

  Employee engagement is a significant driver of business success in contemporary competitive marketplace. Higher employee engagement contributes for reducing employee turnover, retention of talent, achieving productivity, achieve customer loyalty, and enhance the performance  and company’s profitability etc. Employees with higher level of engagement, contribute more to the productivity of the organization  and t hey work hard, retain and encourage others to do so. What is employee engagement? Strength of emotional and mental harmony employees feel towards the work they do, their teams, and their organization is regarded as the employee engagement. (Ryba, 2021) Considering how employees feel regarding their company or organization, employees are divided into four categories ·  Highly engaged employees ·  Moderately engaged employees ·  Barely engaged employees ·  Disengaged employees Interpretation of employee engagement as employee satisfaction is not...

In most successful businesses performance evaluation is a general practice. It acts as a bridge between the output of the employees and goals of the business. It is a vital factor in adhering employees to the expectations of the company. Here, record of the progress level, identification of the better performance, offering precious feedback  for development are important in performance evaluation. Performance evaluation is helpful in taking decisions on promotions, salary increments, and also in development and training processes. Employee performance evaluation is advantageous for employees as well as employers. For centuries employee performance appraisal has been practiced by numerous companies. Performance appraisal is an attached segment in organizational life. (Islam and Rasad, 200 6 ) Benefits of employee performance evaluation For the recognition of the employee Employee’s hard work, commitment, and contribution are recognized through the performance evaluation. It acts as ...

Today it has become common that employees work more hours than the average time duration and more often weekends to cover the workload allocated to them . Due to this circumstance work related stress among the workers is an inevitable issue. With  the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic working from home introduced as a  new trend  and work-life balance has become more challenging.  So, it is important to establish a healthy work-life balance  and it will be benefited for both  employees  and the organization . In this regards, the  HR team can contributes more to enhance a healthy work-life balance among their staff members. What is work-life balance? Balance between the amount of time and energy we contribute for work and our personal lives can be regarded generally as the work-life balance. (Campbell, 2022) So, work-life balance is a situation where both our personal life and work life are rewarded and our level of stress is controlled. Sometimes...

Introduction When achieving shared business goals by a work force having various working styles, personalities and different backgrounds, arising of conflicts are an inevitable issue. Strategies to prevent conflicts by building an organizational culture and conflict resolution at its initial stages are essential in achieving overall success in business. If not issues can be more escalated and may result in employee termination, discipline procedure and decreasing performance. Conflicts at workplace Bullying at workplace, rude verbal and nonverbal conducts, personality differences, unmet necessities, poor communication and misunderstandings are some causes for conflicts at workplaces. Effects of conflicts on organizations include, ·  Time and money to be used on business is used to handle the conflict ·  Underperformance and reducing productivity. ·  Staff turnover. ·  Decline in employee relationships. ·  Costs related to new recruitments. So companies use dispu...