People and Organization by Nadun Rupasinghe

  As defined by Bulla an d Scott (1994), human resource planning is “the process for ensuring that the human resource requirements of an organization are identified and plans are made for satisfying tho se requirements.” Human resource planning can influence the business strategy by drawing attention to ways in which people could be developed and deployed more effectively to further the achievement of business goals as well as focusing on any problems that might have to be resolved to ensure that the people required will be available and will be capable of making the necessary contribution. Aims of Human Resource Planning Human resource planning aims to ensure that the organization has the number of people with the right skills needed to meet forecast requirements. It allows for better control over staffing costs and numbers employed, and it enables employers to make more informed judgments about the skills and attitude mix in organizations. When setting up human resource structur...

  Performance management is process of evaluating of an individual in an organization with respect to his/her performance on the job and to see the potential for development. As Weiss and Hartle (1997) commented, performance management is: ‘A process for establishing a shared understanding about what is to be achieved and how it is to be achieved, and an approach to managing people that increases the probability of achieving success.’ The key concerns of the performance management are follows.   · Aligning individual objectives to organizational objectives and encouraging individuals to uphold corporate core values. · Enabling expectations to be defined and agreed in terms of role responsibilities and accountabilities (expected to do), skills (expected to have) and behaviours (expected to be) · Providing opportunities for individuals to identify their own goals and develop their skills and competencies.   In simple terms Performance Management is aligning org...

  Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Abraham Maslow was a clinical scientist who was not interested in particular psychiatric disorders, but in a broader variety of human psychological needs. He is known best for his philosophy of hierarchy-of-needs. The principle, described in a pyramid, organizes in order of relevance the five distinct stages of human psychological and physical needs. Physiological needs (food and clothing), protective conditions (job security), social needs (friendship), self-esteem, and self-actualization are the needs in Maslow's hierarchy. Managers should use this hierarchy that identifies five needs to help understand the morale of workers and approach them in ways that contribute to high efficiency and employee satisfaction (Management Study Guide, 2018) . Physiological Needs - The fundamental physiological criteria are possibly reasonably obvious, even the aspects that are important to our existence. Security and Safety Needs - When we step up to the second ...

 A s teams and an organization grows beyond one single office location into various multiple locations or most often across multiple countries, different time zones or downsizing, reorganizing to reduce labor costs, eliminate redundancy, and better target scarce resources. To avoid these circumstance concept of virtual teams comes to play. A virtual team, is a group of people those who interact through various electronic medias. It also known as a geographically dispersed team or remote team. Team members of a virtual team are usually located in different geographical locations . Strong and trusted method of communication should be much need to success of every virtual team since it is not a human being. This is also known as “Global Team" . The Different Types of Virtual Teams There are several types of virtual teams depending on the lifespan, objective, goals, and roles of members.  v      Networked Teams - Team composed of cross functional members to sh...