3.1 The Role of Human Resources Flashcards
What is the main role of the Human Resource department (function)?
Plan the staffing needs of the business.
Recruiting and training staff to ensure there are enough staff to do the work.
Why might workers leave a business?
Retirement.
To work in another business.
Promotion.
Maternity leave.
Why might a business need less workers?
Lower demand.
Technology is replacing the work of people.
What is a zero-hours contract?
When the business will require a worker to work different hours each week. Some weeks they may not require the to work any hours at all.
What considerations will the HR department have when planning human resource needs?
The number of workers.
The number for full-time and part-time workers.
The number of zero-hours contract workers.
When the workers will be needed.
Where the workers will work.
The skills the workers must have.
How many staff the business can afford.
What is a human resource plan?
A plan detailing the workers a business will need - how many, skills, when and where they will work.
