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Understanding Employee Engagement and HR Roles

Employee engagement measures how involved and committed employees are to their organization. A highly engaged employee is aware of company happenings, works with colleagues to improve individual and company performance, and is committed to the organization's betterment. Engagement reflects an optimistic attitude toward the employer. Safety ensures worker protection from hazards through compliance with health and safety regulations to prevent accidents that could cause disability or death. Industry relations manages the relationship between workers and management, including unions, government, and courts, which is important for productivity, ethics, and legal compliance. Strategic planning predicts future HR needs by analyzing current resources, the job market, and how the organization will operate to support strategic goals through competent, committed staff aligned with objectives.

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Understanding Employee Engagement and HR Roles

Employee engagement measures how involved and committed employees are to their organization. A highly engaged employee is aware of company happenings, works with colleagues to improve individual and company performance, and is committed to the organization's betterment. Engagement reflects an optimistic attitude toward the employer. Safety ensures worker protection from hazards through compliance with health and safety regulations to prevent accidents that could cause disability or death. Industry relations manages the relationship between workers and management, including unions, government, and courts, which is important for productivity, ethics, and legal compliance. Strategic planning predicts future HR needs by analyzing current resources, the job market, and how the organization will operate to support strategic goals through competent, committed staff aligned with objectives.

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Employee engagement is the measure of how involved and committed the workers are towards

their
organization and values. A well-engaged employee is aware of the day-to-day happenings of
the
organization, works with his or her colleagues to improve the performance of the individual and
works
towards the betterment of the organization. It is an optimistic attitude that the employees hold
towards their
organization.
Health & Safety
Safety implies the absence of accidents i.e., ensuring the protection of workers from workplace
hazards.
Providing safety to employees has a moral dimension as well as a legal requirement.
Thousands of
employees suffer from accidents every day – this could lead to total, temporary or permanent
disability. Laws
are framed which cover occupational health and safety regulations, and penalties for non-
compliance. An
employer needs to ensure that an accident doesn’t lead to incapacitation/death of an employee.
Monetary
compensation does not bring back a person as a healthy individual.

Industry Relations
Industry Relations (IR) is concerned with the management of relations between workers and
employer
(management) and the role of regulatory mechanism in resolving any dispute. Employers,
employees,
unions, government, and judiciary have stakes in IR. It assumes its significance owing to its
direct linkage
with productivity, ethical dimensions, and legal compliance.

Strategic planning
HRM makes strategic management effective by supplying the human capital that is competent,
committed
and works in sync with organizational strategic goals. It predicts the future HR needs of the
organization
after analyzing the current human resources, the external labor market, and the future HR
environment
that the organization will be operating in.

Roles for an HR professional


HR Generalist
HR Generalists are professionals who can perform a wide variety of responsibilities and can
handle all the
functions related to HR. These professionals have a comprehensive knowledgebase that covers
a wide
range of areas. Generalists typically work directly with employees, so they can have varied
responsibilities.
Individuals who prefer variety and diversity in their work may be well-suited as an HR generalist

HR Specialist
Unlike the HR generalist, an HR specialist has expertise in one specific HR area, rather than
little expertise
in multiple HR disciplines. Specialists typically have more clearly defined goals and time-frames.
They are
required to exhibit a strong work ethic and keen attention to detail. Specialists tend to have
more
comprehensive expertise of their subject, some of which include:

HR Business Partner (HRBP)


An HR Business Partner works directly with an organization's senior leadership to develop and
direct an
HR agenda that closely supports organizational goals. Rather than working primarily as part of
the internal
HR department, the HRBP works closely with senior leadership and collaborates regularly with
the C-suite.
Placing a human resource professional in close contact with executive leadership makes HR a
part of the
organizational strategy. An HRBP should ideally have strong business knowledge, a
comprehensive
understanding of HR, and specific experience within its business sector.

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