HUMAN RESOURCE  PRACTICES IN SELECTED CORPORATE HOSPITALS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GVN GROUP OF HOSPITAL IN TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

E.Deepa; Dr.R.S.Balakumar

Volume : V, Issue : IX, September - 2016

HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES IN SELECTED CORPORATE HOSPITALS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GVN GROUP OF HOSPITAL IN TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

E. Deepa, Dr. R. S. Balakumar

Abstract :

Human resource management (HRM) is the management of an organization�s workforce, or human resources. It is responsible for the attraction, selection, training, assessment, and rewarding of employees, while also overseeing organizational leadership and culture and ensuring compliance with employment and labor laws (Ulrich, 1996; O�Brien, 2009; Patrick, 2011). This study aims to analyze the HR practices in corporate hospitals include performance appraisal, welfare measures and various speciality functions in hospitals. The primary responsibilities associated with human resource management include: job analysis and staffing, organization and utilization of work force, measurement and appraisal of work force performance, implementation of reward systems for employees, professional development of workers, and maintenance of work force. Hospitals are the key element in any health care system. The health care industry is significantly different from its manufacturing counterparts. For example, the health care industry is not assembly line oriented and as such has many more barriers to the successful implementation of customer delightment. Hospital organization presents a number of unique human resources management challenges. Managing human resources is the real challenge of hospital managers. Human resource management contributes to the creation of sound organizational climate characterized by opportunities for growth, fair distribution of work, reward and harmonious relationship.