Human Resource Management and Employee Retainment

In order for an organization of any size to be effective and efficient it must build a strong team of employees. Finding qualified personnel that are committed and motivated to grow with an organization is a hard task performed by human resource management. This management position is defined as “The direction of organizational systems to ensure that human talent is used effectively and efficiently to accomplish goals.” (Human Resource Management, 2006, p. 4) In other words, it is the job of human resource management to maintain a staff of qualified personnel that is motivated in helping an organization accomplish goals and meet their mission statement. A manager in this department is entitled to recruit, select personnel, perform extended training, develop individuals and teams, and to retain employees. The job market has brought about concerns for h.r. managers due to increased turn-over rates in almost all industries. In order to decrease this rate among organizations the human resources department has to identify the problem of retainment and use strategies to recruit and retain personnel. The health care industry struggles with retainment due to constant transformations within their employees, technology, and clientele. HSO’s are receiving less compensation from “Medicare and Medicaid programs and private insurance and managed care organization” in turn declining the amount funds the organization has to put into recruitment, training, and retainment. Human resource managers have to develop plans to fit these struggles in order to effectively recruit and retain their employees with out causing job dissatisfaction. The main goals a manager should essentially focus on during these times are employee recruitment, training and de...

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...ssful retainment the manager will need to motivate the employees into feeling like they are part of the team and generate commitment to their new employer, if done successfully employees will be more motivated to learn during their training and continuous development.

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