What is the function of human resource management?

Human resource management includes five basic functions, namely acquisition, integration, reward, adjustment and development.

The five basic functions of human resource management are explained as follows:

(1) Acquisition: mainly including human resources planning, recruitment and employment. In order to achieve the strategic objectives of the organization, the human resource management department should formulate the demand and supply plan of human resource allocation that is suitable for the organizational objectives according to the job description and employee quality requirements determined by the organizational structure. According to the supply and demand plan of human resources, recruitment, assessment, selection, employment and deployment are carried out. Only by obtaining the required human resources first can we manage them.

(2) Integration: This is the process of making employees live in harmony, coordinate things and gain group recognition, the assimilation process of personal cognition and organizational ideas, personal behavior and organizational norms between employees and organizations, and the coordination function of interpersonal relationships and organizational assimilation function. Modern human resource image management emphasizes the development of individuals in the organization, which will inevitably lead to the conflict between individuals and organizations, resulting in a series of problems, including: ① organizational assimilation, that is, personal values converge to organizational concepts, and personal behavior obeys organizational norms, which makes employees and organizations feel a sense of identity and belonging; (2) the harmony of interpersonal relationship in the group and the communication between people and organizations in the organization; ③ Mediation and resolution of contradictions and conflicts.

(3) Reward: refers to the process of rewarding employees for their contributions to the organization, which is the incentive and health function of human resource management and the core of human resource management. The fundamental purpose is to enhance employee satisfaction, improve labor enthusiasm and productivity, and increase organizational performance.

(4) Adjustment: This is the process of implementing reasonable and fair dynamic management for employees, and it is the function of human resource management control and adjustment. It includes: scientific and reasonable employee performance evaluation and quality evaluation; According to the results of performance appraisal and evaluation, employees are dynamically managed, such as promotion, transfer, rewards and punishments, resignation and dismissal.

(5) Development: Human resource development in a broad sense includes the development of the quantity and quality of human resources. From a macro point of view, the main methods of quantitative development of human resources are: population policy adjustment, population migration and so on. For an organization, its human resources development methods include recruitment, retention and so on.