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Is HR the Weakest Link?

It is said that a chain is as strong as its weakest link. And it will break at the point and at the time that are not easy to predict.

In the context of the organizations, CEOs and HR Heads need to ask: "We know HR is very important and if is it the weakest link, how can we ensure it plays an important role in our overall plan in making our organization succeed?"

Unlike in the case of a chain, you can determine whether or not HR or some other functional area is experiencing a lot of problems.

In short, you can somehow know where your organization may face risks. You then can make preparation to prevent them and / or eliminate them altogether.

So what do you do to prevent the situation where so many people keep questioning "Is HR the weakest link? Is there anything you can do to strengthen HR contribution?

All of the things mentioned within this website provide information on human resource management and the use of strategies can help make HR play a vital role in organizations.

Even if HR has not yet the capabilities to do a lot of things, you can at least carry out three very important things well enough to help your organization move forward.

1. In the area of recruitment, it means attracting and selecting the best candidate to fill a job vacancy. This means, for example, that appointing a child of one of your employees to the job will most probably not satisfy this criteria.
2. You need to implement a good and effective plan to help motivate and engage every employee in performing their jobs well.
3. Employee retention is crucial in helping your organization continue its activities. You need to look for strategies to ensure employees stay.

What does this mean?
It can only mean one and one thing only. Since as the Human Resource head, you know that it is very important to your organization's success, it is necessary for your CEO to treat HR at par with the rest of the other management functions such as finance, manufacturing, and marketing.

The question "Is HR the weakest link?" will require answers to some other questions such as:

• As the Human Resource Manager, do you have all the necessary skills to contribute effectively to the department's capability?
• Are you helping HR professionals make use of their expertise in building human resource capabilities?
• Are your HR people (employees in the human resource department) knowledgeable and skilled in people management? Are you providing them with the required skills and competencies training?
• How is HR treated in your organization and what can you do about it?
• Do you have clear and easy-to-understand HR mission and objectives?
• Are you effectively and continuously communicating all the important information throughout your organization?
• Other questions that need your response depending on the situation and events that come to pass.

It is clear that as long as you lead the human resource department and as long as you want HR to continue making valubale contribution, you need to make all the important decisions and formulate and implement a lot of plans.

As the human resource manager or as an HR professional, ask again and again, "Is HR the weakest link?" If it is, "Why and what can I do about?"

By finding the solutions that answer these questions, you prevent HR being dubbed the weakest link in your organization.

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