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Written by: Xie Deqin
2020-03-16 07:00
Last updated: 2020-03-16 07:00The stereotype of human resource management (HR) in the past is to record the more monotonous work of employees such as working hours and salary time. However, in the era of advanced information and digital technology, HR work no longer revolves around these trivial administrative tasks, but has transformed into the use of different management strategies to open up the potential of talents, thereby promoting the company's competitiveness.
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Get rid of monotonous administrative work and create a good working environment
Dr. Wu pointed out that today's HR work includes paying attention to the mental health of employees.
He taught the Master of Science in Human Resource Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and witnessed the development of human resources management for many years. Dr. Wu Huakong pointed out that the previous HR work mainly focused on the working conditions of employees, personnel data management, compensation and benefits, and employment regulations. The society began to pursue "Work-Life Balance", and the company is paying more and more attention to the mental health and welfare of employees. Therefore, the general "HR psychology" category has been added to the general HR work, and the priority is to create a healthy working environment. "In the past, companies paid less attention to the mental health of employees. Today's HR will help employees solve psychological problems, and they will also improve the overall development of employees by holding workshops and adjusting treatment.
Organization management requires many factors. It can be seen from the company's greater focus on employee health that talent management is also an important part of organization management. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has been offering a Master of Science in Human Resource Management since 2002. Anyone with a professional and academic background is welcome to apply to bring human resource management thinking into all walks of life.
Covering different levels of knowledge can help apply work
The course includes 11 subjects covering different levels of knowledge in human resource management, including human resource management, organizational behavior and business ethics. In addition, students can take courses in negotiation and conflict management, compensation and benefits management, and leadership. Dr. Wu pointed out that the trainees come from different working backgrounds, not necessarily engaged in human resources management. "The careers of the trainees are diverse, such as engineers, flight attendants, dentists, makeup artists, auditors, social workers, principals, etc." It means that because the students come from different backgrounds, in addition to imparting theoretical knowledge, the course can better train students' communication skills and apply them to work.
Making up for inadequate knowledge can help develop a career
Because the course itself has no undergraduate background restrictions, it can also be considered a Conversion course, allowing non-HR undergraduate students to supplement relevant knowledge and apply it to their work, or switch to the HR industry.
According to Nickson, the course can be summarized with the words "repair" and "refined".
After graduating from the undergraduate degree in Psychology and Philosophy, Nickson was engaged in HR work in a public institution. Due to his lack of relevant foundation, he enrolled in a course. Nickson, who has already completed the course, said that the course can be summarized by the words "repair" and "refined". "The first year of the course will start with operations management, marketing and other business courses, while the second year will focus on various HR functions." Nickson, an incumbent IT company, said that his goal is to continue to develop in the HR industry. , And the course just fills the shortcomings of their undergraduate is not HR. "To be frank, I feel that taking the course has broadened my horizons and allowed me to understand the working models of HR in other companies. It has also added some technical and conceptual knowledge and helped me find this new job successfully."
Celia also said that the course offers a large number of business courses and hopes to lay a good foundation for students.
Celia, who will graduate this year, also agrees that the course will help the HR industry. Celia, an incumbent pharmaceutical company HR, has held HR related positions such as talent recruitment and consulting in the past 10 years. She pointed out that talent recruitment is only one of HR's work areas, and human resources management also includes other parts such as salary and benefits and employee development training. Since Celia did not study HR, she decided to enroll in the course. After enrolling, Celia found that because HR work involves many areas of business operations, the course provides a large number of business courses to lay a foundation for students. "Many subjects are related to business, they may be strategic management, they may be finance and accounting, and some are marketing courses, such as laying a good foundation for you and dealing with HR subjects afterwards."
A company, big or small, always needs people to manage its talents.
The economic weakness of Hong Kong in recent years has inevitably made people worry about their future career path. However, Dr. Wu believes that the demand for HR talent in Hong Kong companies has always been. "In fact, human resources management plays an important role, covering talent recruitment, training and development, employee physical and mental development, employee performance evaluation, etc. Proper human resource management can definitely enhance the competitiveness of an enterprise. Today, human resource management is the development of corporate strategy. An important part of the company's success is to make good use of talents. "
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