HUMAN RESOURCES

Human Resource System at University of Brighton



Human Resource System at University of Brighton

Introduction

A changing world order has freed us to take a look at the ways people are managed in organizations. In higher educational institutions like universities, human resources also referred to as intellectual capital, are the various categories of employees or people who contribute their collective value of capabilities, knowledge, skills, life experiences and motivation for the growth of the university.

Human Resource Management ensures that human talent is used effectively and efficiently to accomplish organizational goals. All over the world now, Human Resource management is being affected in all aspects by two vital forces; changing workforce demographics and globalization, and, higher education institutions are not being excluded. It is thus becoming more crucial for Human Resources to understand these issues and be strategic in order to contribute directly to organizational strategies. Effective Human Resource management of any institution should embrace: new recruitment/hiring techniques; talent management strategies; compensation and benefits practices; equal employment opportunity policies; health, safety and security programs; employee and labor unions and human resource information systems.

Higher education institutions all over the world have been and continue to be the depository of intellectual knowledge and skills. Many Universities have business departments were they imbue human resource administrative and management skills into students who graduate and become successful in managing corporations, firms and small-scale enterprises. However, most of these universities who churn out such esteemed achievers are in themselves unable to manage their human resources effectively. Whether employees are in a big public university with 10,000 positions or a small private institution with 10 positions, employees must be recruited, selected, trained, and managed effectively.

Objective

The University of Brighton (University of Brighton in English) is a university located in the British town of Brighton in England. The University has a high professional approach, which allows students to experience a career as a profession that opportunity is available in more than 94% of undergraduate courses taught in different faculties.

The University is seeking a development its strength to assist and contribute to the development of the university and its establishment as a recognized institution of higher education in the international community, and made initial contact with several other institutions develop partnerships and joint study programs.

There are several values on which University of Brighton stands upon, and expects human resource department to contribute in it. These values are;

To create a non- discriminative approach

To accept the responsibilities, and value corporate independence

To construct open environment reflecting in freedom of thoughts

To encourage corporate activities through the participation of members of community

To promote team working by extensive participation in policy making and planning

To adopt fair approaches to promotion, grading, reward and payment

Responsibilities

The role of HR is often described as having a seat at the table and contributing to the strategic directions and success of the institution. This means Human resources should be involved in devising the strategy in addition to implementing the strategy. Several roles can be fulfilled by human resource staff but the nature and ...