HR practices vary from one company, or organization, to another. This happens for many reasons such as tradition, not understanding strategic HR, being ok with the status quo, and the lack of time, money, or personnel to change the organizational paradigm. Whatever the reason, one can usually see the differences between companies who have progressive HR practices and companies who do not. Here, we will compare and contrast the HR Practices of REI, Inc. and the Charlotte Fire Department (CFD). I have chosen a local government entity since I work in the fire service myself. Traditional public agencies, like a fire department, often differ greatly in the ability to provide certain policies and initiatives as compared to a private organization. A noticeable distinction of HR Practices exist between REI and the CFD, and HR practices such as Analyses of work design, HR planning, Recruiting, Selection, Training and development, Compensation, Performance management, become pivotal dimensions to evaluating differences between the two organizations.
Serving as a Human Resources Manager for a rapidly growing organization in Southern California often proves to be both challenging and rewarding. The organization I happily work for, New American Funding (NAF) is one of the nation’s leading mortgage bankers. Coming into this organization, I had spent time working in Human Resources Management roles, but in all fairness, nothing could have prepared me for the role with NAF.
NorthEast Treatment Centers (NET) offers a range of mental health, addiction, foster care, community-based, residential, and in-home social services to adults, adolescents, children and families. Mission: To provide a comprehensive recovery and resiliency-oriented system of behavioral healthcare services and supportive social services to adults, adolescents, children, and their families utilizing a quality-driven, cost-effective service provider network. NorthEast Treatment Centers (NET), a non-profit, licensed and accredited organization, offers a range of behavioral health and social services to adults, adolescents, children and families in the Greater Philadelphia region, the Lehigh Valley and the state of Delaware. From foster care and school therapeutic services to residential and outpatient programs for addiction recovery, our services are comprehensive, quality-driven, cost-effective and delivered by a staff that’s committed to doing its best for their consumers. (http://netcenters.org/about/) The organization’s goal is to offer a network of support to help people along the road to recovery.
Questions:
1. What are the factors that led you to choose psychotherapy as your major focus in the field of mental health?
That is hard to say. I was always interested in people and how they behaved.
I interviewed Stacy Davidson, a counselor at Genesis a New Life homeless shelter in Atlanta, Georgia. Stacy has a Master of Arts degree in counseling and is in the process of fulfilling her 1800 hours of supervised professional counseling in order to receive a Licensed Professional Counseling certification.
Born in 1951 in a Romanian home, Stefan Balcescu’s early life was spent in and around the Atlanta Metro Area. As he matured, his love for art became ever more present and he said so himself, he married music in a figurative sense, but perhaps in a literal way as well. I conversed with Stefan Balcescu, a Romanian musician born and raised in Atlanta, and he still resides there today. He is a family friend, Stefan and my mother worked at the same middle school when I lived in Atlanta and after knowing him for quite some time, his music truly enthralled me. Stefan’s father is Romanian and his mother is Romanian Romani, (gypsy ancestry). Stefan works as a middle school history teacher, but in his spare time he is playing gigs and creating a collation of traditional Eastern European and Roma gypsy music from his native Romania. I recently had the chance to speak to with Stefan to discuss the political and social conditions within his life that produced this astonishing, inventive music.
Communication is the process of sharing ideas, thoughts, and opinions with the intentions of another person interpreting the expression. Communication is a learned process and without communication, the world would not function properly. Effective communication is a quality that can positively influence how operations work both the workplace and in personal life. By communicating effectively, people can learn how to build trust, earn respect, and accomplish goals. Learning how to communicate effectively is not considerably an easy task, and there are certain components that need to be addressed and barriers that must be overcome. Several strategies and techniques can help deal with potential communication barriers and by learning these strategies,
Effective communication is a discussion between two people or more people whereby everyone understands each other’s points of view and ideas clearly. There is also no confusion within an effective communication setting. In order to obtain an effective communication whether in a one to one communication or in a group environment everyone need to participate in order to achieve an effective outcome. In a one to one communication, the two individuals that are interacting must feel comfortable with one another in order to gain a greater understanding of the purpose of their
In an effort to gain a working understanding of the Human Resources field, I chose to interview the Director of Human Resources for an organization in Miami, Florida. What I learned goes far beyond any classroom or textbook instruction. It is clear; the field of Human Resources will never be static, as society, technology, and legal environments change, so will the field of Human Resources.
The traditional administrative role of human resource practices are a thing of the past and new roles for HRM are emerging at an alarming rate in the 21st century. HR is increasing its support for business goals and objectives while at the same time becoming strategic business partners. Challenges for the 21st century include, changing roles, shifting demographics, and globalization. In order for HR to stay current they must adapt and make necessary changes in retraining, alternative work schedules and technological advancements. Then, these successes have to be analyzed and evaluated for effectiveness.