Trends in the Workplace

Trends in the Workplace

Predict three (3) human resource functions that are likely to be affected by the implementation of an MRP system.

Manpower planning: It is very difficult to examine that how many employees will be needed to work over a particular task because the requirement of skills changes according to the nature of job. This function can be carried out by projecting the growth of the company but it may become more difficult due to the implementation of the new technology that isn't very familiar with everyone and the net affect from this function will heavily damage the planning power and will require a thorough review to make further amendments to it (Gerhart, 2006).

Determining wages and salaries: Determining salaries and wages can be difficult because more qualified and skilled employees will be needed at higher salaries to operate the new system. They will be given fringe benefits because they will be hired at higher salaries for operating and executing the new technology (Gerhart, 2006). Not every employee will be hired the same salary and wages because there is a huge discrimination in the job field of education background and experience of the professional filed work.

Training and development: Implementation of a new technology means to train the staff to make them use the new software much easily and in quicker way. There will also be a need for a new training and development program to manage how to plan the training for the new system. This task of the Human Resource department will become the most critical characteristic in the future expansion of the company (Gerhart, 2006).

Propose two (2) ways in which you as a human resource manager can help the organization carry out this change successfully.

I can use many ways to implement changes to help the organization to ...