41660 Master Of Human Resources And Employment Relations

Human resource management of BHP Billiton Australia

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Table of Contents

Introduction. 3

Discussion. 3

Conclusion. 6

References. 7

Introduction

In this chapter, it is discussed how BHP Billiton utilizes the human resource to develop the business process and also to achieve success. BHP Billiton is a mining company based in Australia and the headquarter of this company is in Melbourne. It is part of the BHP group and also trades internationally. It is one of the largest companies according to market capitalization. This multinational company produces coal, nickel, and other valuable resources. These are the important household products in everyday life.

 This company provides essential things to the people and helps them to upgrade their living standards. This Australian-based company facilitates the people by providing them greater prosperity. The company provides such products which help people to have a clear future. Human resource management is the process through which the organization gets the help of recruiting the employees and also managing them. It is the approach through which an organization is able to manage internal activities in an efficient way.

Discussion

Human resource management is the practice that describes the process of deploying and managing the employee to improve the work culture in the organization. The HR department of the organization is responsible for executing the policies and the rules and also helps to supervise the workers as well. This process helps to describe the employees who work for the company. It is the employee management process through which it is understood that the employees are the asset of the organization.

Roles of human resources

Effective human resource management helps to develop the organizational culture in the company. Human resources management develops discipline in the company premises which also helps to create positivity among the employees. Her department includes talent management and their role is to identify the best talents among the people and also identify the suitable one for the company. Human resource professionals help the organization navigate the work process and also mitigate the challenges (Dhanpat et al., 2020).

The hiring manager of BHP Billiton is responsible for conducting the interviews and also ensures the final selection for the company. The HR department of this BHP group is also responsible for posting the positions to the candidates who are selected as an employee of BHP Billiton. The success of the HR department determines the number of employees they recruited for the company and the required time which needs to fill positions in the BHP group.

Maintain relationship

 The HR department of BHP Billiton group also ensures a strong relationship among the employees and the organization. The HR department of this company also watches out the critical issues among the employees of the BHP Billiton group and also helps them with the solution which gives the employees satisfaction. Human resource management also helps to explore the variables and also creates a suitable framework for the organization (Yong et al., 2020). The HR department also ensures teamwork to build a strong relationship among the employees which is essential for the growth of BHP Billiton. The strong relationship significantly upgrades the work culture inside the organization.

Functions of BHP Billiton

This international company discovers natural resources and then converts them in a sustainable way for everyday use. This company works with many other different countries and spreads the business across the world. The major commodities are aluminium, copper, nickel, coal, oil, and gas. BHP Billiton developed the industries for over 100 years. This group also contributes its service to other industries. This organization also provides stainless steel materials and specialty products. This organization supports the marketing team and the human resource management for business growth.

Human resource strategy

Through this process, the human resource professionals ensure to conduct the planning and the strategy through which the management of the employees is possible. Through the human resource strategy, the overall planning for the up-liftmen of the company is possible. This strategy is a long-term plan through which the development of the organization is possible. It also dictates the best human resource practices in the organization. The human resource strategy also helps to collect and gather the resources which help to develop the business process. The strategies should be reviewed after one year which includes the updates. If BHP Billiton needs to create a human resources strategy they have to first create a suitable model for the organization. The human resource strategy also shows the running of project activities through which the navigating process becomes easy. The strategy also includes the value through which the long-term goal is possible to achieve for the organization.

Benefits

Human resource management ensures employee satisfaction in the organization and also increases the performance of the organization. It helps to construct the bridge between the employee and the organization and also helps to fill the gaps. BHP Billiton group gets success in the business after applying human resource management. BHP Billiton group is also able to meet the organizational objectives after adopting the management process. The human resource management process also educates the leaders of BHP Billiton on how to handle the competition level in the market and grow the business process. The human resource management process also gives the performance appraisal to the employees through which the employee of the organization gets the motivation of hard work (Aburumman et al., 2020).

This practice helps to improve the management process in the organization and also maximizes the performance of the organization in a sustainable way (Mousa & Othman, 2020). Human resource management also improves the behaviour of the employees in the organization and also gives them the training to uplift their professional behaviour (Saeed et al., 2019). The human resource practice helps the BHP group to achieve the goal and also helps them to learn the sustainability process which also helps them to contribute to climate change.

Conclusion

It can be concluded now that human resource management is the strategic process through which it is possible to find the right person for the organization who helps to develop the organization. It plays a major role in business which improves the relationship between the customers and the organization. Human Resource Management helps to develop the productivity among the employees of the company which helps to develop the business.

References

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