Week 3 - Human Relations and Human Resources Approaches

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Good afternoon, guys, welcome to Week 3, communication and organisations. This week, I’ll take you guys to discover two types of contemporary organisational management approaches that have been overwhelmingly employed in organisations.

l  Human relations management

l  Human resources management

The theory of human relations management emphasises the significance of human needs and the consideration of management practice and job design to meet those needs.

Contrary to the theory of human relations management, many scholars propose that the human resources management can play a crucial role in the maximisation of organisational productivity and individual employee satisfaction.

It is obvious that both of these two contemporary organisational management approaches signify the importance of communication processes between management and employees. Factors including communication content, direction, channels, and style are all taken into consideration within these two approaches.

Here, I put these theory into practice, this example is still relevant to my internship work as I discussed in last few weeks.

The principal of my institution announces many times that he want to hear more from employees, because the organisation attempts to improve their organisational productivity and the effectiveness of internal communication. As a result, voice of employees cannot be ignored because the organisation should satisfy both organisational needs and employees’ needs.

Hence, my institution provide an opportunity to every employees in the organisation, holding a competition of essay writing through which employees can have a chance to write about their personal standpoints and views towards the processes of organisational communication and operation. The results of holding this competition play positive roles in promoting employees’ job satisfaction and organisational performance,

1)   Participants of the competition will be given valuable rewards as a consequence of their effort to create a better organisational performance

2)   An award ceremony will come along with the annual banquet of the organisation

3)   All award-winning essays will be printed and bound as journals, handing out to every employees’ desk in order to share the valuable thoughts and ideas.

Apparently, the competition is a stage on which employees can have a chance to realise their efforts and commitment throughout, their innovation, idea and feedback can play a vital role in organisational performance. More precisely, the working needs of the award winners can come true through the stage, the organisation is trying to “put people first.”

This example tells us that the main purpose of contemporary organisation communication is to put people first, by constructing a stable and sustainable relationship with employees, organisation can get much more than money. By recognising the importance of employee involvement, organisation productivity will be enhanced because the management can hear something more from their subordinates that they haven’t detected before.

Here is a very useful media story which indicates the importance of human resources management. Well worth reading.

Garland, J 2013, ‘How to achieve workplace giving success’, Australasia fundraising and philanthropy, 5 November, viewed 10 November 2013,

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http://www.fpmagazine.com.au/how-to-achieve-workplace-giving-success-336866/