HRM and Team Management

    (RezaAzizi, 2021) The spread of COVID-19 creates disruption, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in all organizations and coronavirus affects our personal and professional lives. People are the primary asset of any organization and help achieve its goals and objectives. In order to ensure the achievement of organizational goals in a time of crisis, strategic agility is required. Organizations need to be able to prepare and allocate their resources to coordinate the needed mechanism and to properly use the organizational resources and knowledge (Liu, 2020). The covid-19 pandemic has forced the entire world to come under the rule of quarantine commands. Timely, governmental guidelines to avoid physical contact with other humans have created fear among all humans and Covid-19 has impacted every business sector around the world (Sulaiman & Shabbir, 2020).   (Rice, 2021) The HR challenges managers face vary with their company’s location, sector, ...

  Figure 1 (Sorbetto, 2020) In the current context, most people are working from home, some with limited space, and often balancing work with increased care or homeschooling responsibilities. High-speed broadband connections and applications like Skype, MS Teams, Zoom, and plenty of others haven’t just allowed people to get in touch with each other for the sake of socializing, but they have also enabled companies to recruit the best talent out there. These days more and more interviews are conducted virtually with potential employees. An online interview or a digital interview is an interview conducted remotely through an online chat, video, or audio platform, which is mainly defined by the type of technology or platform used to conduct the interview (Heaslip, 2022). Nowadays, whether the pros and cons of virtual interviews have sparked heated arguments and drawn public attention. Many people firmly believe that virtual interviews are much better while others argu...

  (Wagle, 2019) The real asset of a company is not its infrastructure nor it is the profits, it is its employees who work enthusiastically for the company (Sharma, n.d.). Performance Appraisal is the systematic process of evaluating individual job performance as a basis for making objective personnel decisions. Performance here refers to the degree of achievement of the tasks that make up an individual's job. It indicates how well an individual is fulfilling the job demands (Gill, 2016). It is the examination of an employee’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of the job. Components of Performance Appraisal Define goals Measure/Monitor Feedback Evaluate and record performance Critical Purposes of Performance Appraisal in HRM Ensure employees feel value Establishing goals Resolve problems Maintain positive managerial relationships Current project and day to day task check-in Assess opportunities for promotion, advancement and raise Understanding training nee...

  (JobGrin-Admin, 2022) Employee Benefits can be termed as non-cash compensation which is given to the employee. These benefits are given to the employee apart from salaries and wages. These are also known as fringe benefits that are offered with the intention to attract and retain employees. Companies with better Compensation and Benefits plans are on the verge of stealing your employees because workers always look to switch to an organization’s having better salary structures, compensation, and other benefits (Azmi, 2021). Providing fair, performance-based compensation is a tricky part of human resource best practices. Compensation and benefits go together, with the former covering your employees’ salary (Verlinden, n.d.).                                                                     ...

   (Tawk, 2022) What is GHRM? Green Human Resources Management (GHRM) is a new concept and it’s becoming popular all over the world. GHRM can be defined as a set of policies, practices and systems that stimulate the green behavior of a company’s employees in order to create an environmentally sensitive, resource-efficient, and socially responsible organization (Youmatter, 2021). Sustainability is the ability to meet the needs of present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Nowadays, sustainability strategies are growing fast within several companies. The main purpose of going green is to reduce the potential negative impact that energy consumption and pollution can have on the environment. Organizations are nowadays realizing that, they must consider all social and environmental impacts for their long term sustainability in addition to focusing on financial profits. Green recruitment Generally, green recruiting as a ...

    Team dynamics Team dynamics, also known as group dynamics, is how individuals behave, interact, communicate, and collaborate. It’s how they show up, treat each other, and work together. Team dynamics can be positive or negative and can be a predictor of effectiveness (Bennett, 2021). A team with positive group dynamics tends to have team members who trust each other. They can work towards collective decisions and they are held accountable for outcomes. A team with good group dynamics may be constructive and productive, and it may demonstrate mutual understanding and self-corrective behavior. On the other hand, poor group dynamics can be disruptive to successful decision-making and work outcomes. Group dynamics matter because they impact things like creativity, productivity, and effectiveness. Since group work is integral to organizations, for business leaders, addressing group dynamics can lead to better work outcomes, customer satisfaction, and an improved...