Effective Applications of Human Resources

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This paper discusses the many challenges facing organizations, that human resource managers need to deal with and overcome. The paper outlines these issues: Sexual harassment, the Americans with disabilities act (ADA), equity in the workplace and the rising costs of health benefits. The paper explains that the human resource managers' roles also include overcoming the problems that can limit productivity in the office, providing service to line managers and preparing for organizational change.

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"Now more then ever human resource managers face many difficult challenges that impact how they perform their job. The role of human resources has evolved beyond the basic function of recruiting and hiring the best possible employees for the organization. Human resources today are responsible for addressing many employee related issues that are not related to the main goal of the organization. Among the employee related issues that have altered the field of human resources include; sexual harassment, the rising cost of providing health benefits to the employees, workplace violence, increased use of technology and developing ways to get more productively out of their employees."

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