Human Assests in the Business World

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 3

2 Literature Review 3

3 Reasons/ Factors for the Attrition 5

2.1 Changing Life Style 5

2.2 Labor Mobility between different sectors/ industry- Transferable Skill sets 5

2.3 Increased competition for labor 5

2.4 Salaries and benefits: 6

2.5 Lack of opportunities for personal and career development 6

2.6 Ineffective Leadership 6

2.7 Workplace Relationship 6

2.8 Ineffective Recruitment 7

2.9 Vicious Circle of Attrition 7

4 Possible Retention Strategies 8

3.1 Well defined Turnover Cost Evaluation Procedure 8

3.2 Company Brand Management 8

3.3 Effective Recruitment Process- Collaborative Approach 8

3.4 Measurement and Accountability 9

3.5 Family Friendly Environment 9

3.6 Employee Involvement 9

3.7 Exit Interviews 10

3.8 Training, Development and Career Planning – Talent Value Management 10

5 Conclusion 10

6 Bibliography 11

List of Figures

Figure 1 Vicious Circle of Attrition (Sengupta, 2008) 7

1 Introduction

Human asset has become the vital part of the successful business and to keep expenditure low. Securing or retaining the talented pool of employees and skilled labors has become a challenge for every organization as the knowledge and skills of employees are core to the company’s functioning and competitiveness. Attrition or employee turnover is the very fact associated with every organization. But the high rate of attrition can be detrimental to the organization.

The Construction industry being dynamic at times lead to dramatic shift from shortage of skill labor supply during the peak phase to the excess of labor supply when the project gets complete. Attrition leads to the high turnover cost, prime cost that company bears but often neglects to take into cons...

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Sengupta, S. (2008). Employee Attrition and Retention: Exploring the Dimensions in the urban centric BPO Industry.

Strategies to engage and retain professionals in Middle East . (2008). Retrieved from Manpowergroup: http://www.manpowergroup.com/wps/wcm/connect/88436d9a-9403-47e5-887b-28536d20057d/Retaining+Talent+in+the+Middle+East.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

Ware, L. B., & Fern, B. (1997). The Challenge of Retaining Top Talent: The Workforce Attrition Crisis.

Yamamoto, H. (2011). The relationship between employee benefit management and employee retention. The International Journal of Human Resource Management .

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