HR in growing companies

Article Abstract:

High-rate growth for small and aggressive companies presents challenges and possibilities to human resources (HR) managers. As a company grows, HR executives become more involved in personnel decisions such as applicant searching, hiring, training and developing benefit plans. They are tasked with recruiting people with the technical know-how and with the proper work attitude embodying cooperation, flexibility, innovation, aggressiveness and marketing-orientedness. However, HR personnel may not be given the opportunity to perform these chores. Sometimes managers themselves make the hiring decisions or merely contract out services and in some cases hire employment and recruitment agencies. As the organization expands, the corporate culture needs to be more structured. Changes that accompany this evolution must be properly managed to prevent employee dislocation and resignation.

Growth companies

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Industry standards in workplace drug testing

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The standards for drug testing programs in the industrial work environment must be carefully established if these programs are to serve as effective mechanisms for detecting and preventing substance abuse. Although there are no clear-cut general rules and procedures for drug testing, employers can use the guidelines provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) as a basis for developing these standards. The setting up of an industrial drug testing policy will require the selection of a laboratory accredited by NIDA, the inspection and verification lab personnels' credentials, the review of the laboratory's quality control methods, and the reassessment of procedures that track the handling of urine specimens, otherwise known as the chain of custody. Legal and social aspects regarding drug testing must also be carefully considered.

Prevention, Substance abuse, Mandatory drug testing, Drug testing, Employee assistance programs

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What hardware means to the HRIS

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The increasing dependence of the human resources (HR) function on computers makes it necessary for HR professionals to be informed about the basics of the technology, its role in the HR department, as well as new developments in computers. Emerging trends in the use of computers in HR departments include the increase in popularity of PC-based HR information systems, the development of new mainframe applications, and the shift towards networking for shared access to centralized data. Technological advances make computers faster, smaller and more covenient to use with each passing year. HR executives who are considering making changes in their computer systems to keep up with the evolving demands of HR should only do so with the guidance of experts.

Evaluation, Equipment and supplies, Management information systems

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