HR Management - The First Step in Taking Over the World

(Ok, ok... Not the world, but the market for sure.)

I have a great team. Not just good, but simply amazing.

It wasn’t easy to assemble it, but somehow we did it. If only back then we had access to our Teodesk Employee Module, it would have made things so much easier. But we didn’t and that’s ok. You know why? Because we used this experience of the close-to-impossible quest for “The Holy Grail of Business” – to create and further improve our SaaS feature.

At first, it was just to help us with our own inhouse HR management. But in time, we realized that this was a valuable tool that could be helpful to many people.

Let’s cut to the chase. The sole purpose of HR is to ensure that the organization is able to achieve success through people. Mighty important, I would say. Yet in many workplaces, a debate about the importance of Human Resources Management is still going on. 

A solid HR department is imperative for any organization that aims to be productive and employee-oriented, and in effect - successful. When staff members are energized and engaged, the possibility of building up an organizational culture is much higher, as HR Management is monitoring and nurturing it. Some even go as far as to say that HR creates and owns the culture. I would agree. If effective, HR can contribute greatly to the overall company direction and accomplishment of its goals and objectives.

Nowadays successful companies need to be adaptive, resilient, quick to change direction and customer-centered. This alone explains the need for the HR department, which is responsible for the overall recruiting of a superior workforce. Aside from recruiting, HR department is the one in charge of determining the salary ranges within the organization by developing an overall strategic plan with realistic compensation structures and making sure that company wages remain competitive with other businesses in the area and with the global market. Human Resources conduct extensive wage and salary surveys in order to maintain the expenses in line with the organization's current financial status and projected revenue.

For an organization to have the staff to manage, HR is like a Lagotto Romagnolo for truffles. And we know how precious truffles are and how difficult they are to find.

The HR Department determines the most effective methods in applicant recruitment, and decides which applicant tracking systems are best suited for the organization's needs. However, once the applicant becomes an employee, their work doesn’t end. Some may say that it only just begins.

Human Resources team needs to create and follow a certain set of protocols in order to pick the correct candidate for a fixed task/project. Many factors come into play when it comes to such a delicate assignment. And I am not talking about the “education and skills” list. In the process of developing Teodesk Employee Module, we discovered that this is a way more complex issue, and the one that can be successfully addressed with a little help from tools powered by Artificial Intelligence.

They say that “The Rise of the Machines” is ahead, that future will be drastically changed by robotics as robots will soon perform most of the work, in all industries. As much as I hear about this phenomena and - in my small way - even participate in its conception, I do not agree that robots or any form of artificial or intuitive intelligence and people exclude one another. If I learned anything while developing the Teodesk app, it is that men need a little help and support from science and its devices.

As the Human Resources Management improves the way of how human capital affects organizational success, I believe it is important that HR strategic management participates in corporate decision-making.

After all, the success of any project starts with the assembling of a perfect team. Wouldn’t you agree?