Business Revision Guide: 3.1

• Human Resources (HR)

  The functional area of the business that is responsible for coordinating staff-related issues
• Functions

  Different types of work that need to be done in business e.g. in production, finance or marketing
• Identifying HR

  The act of thinking about the purposes of HR and how many and what type of workers will be needed
• Personnel plan

  A plan detailing the employees a business needs - how many, whether they will be full or part time workers, the skills they should have and when they will work
• Roles of the HR function

  • Recruiting new staff
  • Inducting new staff
  • Implementing reward systems
  • Training and developing staff
  • Remuneration (payment) of staff
  • Dealing with ending the employment of staff
• Staffing issues identified in the Human Resource Plan

  • The Type of Contract They Have
  • The Number of Staff Needed
  • How Much Staff Will be Paid
  • Where Staff Will Be Based
  • How Employment Law Will be Met
• Factors to consider when planning HR

  • What it produces
  • How much it produces
  • The method of production
  • When production takes place
  • The 'functions' or 'jobs' to be completed
  • The budget available to the business
• Questions to consider when planning HR

  • Are skilled or unskilled workers needed, or a mix of both?
  • How many workers will the business need?
  • Can machines rather than workers be used?
  • Are workers needed seven days a week or only on specific occasions?
  • What type of workers are needed - finance, production, marketing, human resources?
  • How much can be spent on workers?