The new generation of business has set expectations for organizations to behave ethically and has led to the need for adaptive HR departments. Fortune identifies top companies that effectively implement HR strategies for employee values such as Hilton, Intuit Inc., and The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated. The employees at these organizations stated that they enjoyed going to work because of the people, the provided benefits, consideration for families, company culture, the teams they worked with, and the overall care the company provided. Furthermore, the employees felt welcomed to work there, were supported in their work, and had positive work environments.
When considering my future, I would like to be a manager who uses knowledge to support coworkers as well as encouraging others to experiment even if they don’t always succeed. I believe that good managers possess a combination of interpersonal skills, strategic thinking, and empathy. I want to be someone who leads by example and prioritizes the needs of my team. As stated in First, Break All the Rules : What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently, “… The best a manager can do is to make each person comfortable with who they are… I tried to create an environment where they were encouraged to be more of who they already were” (5). The ability to make employees feel welcomed and important is imperative to working as a successful team.
I believe the most difficult part of being a manager today is being able to juggle many different roles and be knowledgeable in multiple different disciplines. In “Why Did We Ever Go Into HR?” the authors state, “A new kind of HR professional is emerging to manage this transformed function… someone who is responsible for, say, hiring and training marketing managers but who also knows how to put together an effective marketing plan” (39). It is important for managers to have critical knowledge about the work their employees are involved in, find areas they can continue to develop in, and find time to organize and communicate with coworkers. HR management is a multi-faceted job and that level of responsibility and organization is both exciting and terrifying.
Breitfelder, M. D., & Dowling, D. W. (2008). Why Did We Ever Go Into HR? In Harvard business review (Vol. 86, Issue 7,8, pp. 39-). Harvard Business Review. https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/permalink/01ALLIANCE_OSU/q34csc/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_227844555
Buckingham, Marcus, and Curt W Coffman. First, Break All the Rules : What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently, Gallup Press, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/osu/detail.action?docID=1584214.
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