What will I take as elective in my MBA which is still inside the braces or under the bar for 4 years now? Well HR Management is one good option, my wife said that.
But why should I do it? Do I really deserve the Hate of really intelligent and hardworking people who earn the bread and butter for any organization to grow? (That doesn’t mean that I should necessarily get a HR job after completing the course.. J)
Despite its more everyday use terms such as "human resources" and similarly "human capital" continue to be perceived negatively and maybe considered an insulting of people. They create the impression that people are merely commodities, like office machines or vehicles, despite assurances to the contrary. The resource management group is not bothered about any other resources, but human beings who are the resources they manage. It's common when we hear that they say "That resource of yours needs to be placed in this project..."!!! rather than telling the name of a person. Are we really commodities??? Hmm of course they too are resources for the organization.. The RMG resource..!
The definition of HR Management as per Wikipedia reads as under,
“Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business”
They definitely do “contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business”. Especially in a knowledge centric industry like what we work in, any company we go to will have the induction program conducted by the HR’s lauding the achievements of that company. Relative terms like, “we”, “our company” etc., are used which makes me think "do I really belong?"..! IF then why are they treating us like this? We will be told, for any issues, come to us. We are here to help you.! When you really have a problem and if that is against the interests of a manager and however you are being able to back that up with data, you will be told, I have heard your version, let me talk to the manager as well..
This definitely is contrary to the theoretical discipline that is based primarily on the assumption that employees are individuals with varying goals and needs, and as such should not be thought of as basic business resources, such as trucks and filing cabinets.
Hence proved that no company’s HR is for the people, but they exist for the company..!
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