The importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision-making

Employee relation provides consultation and resolution strategies for work place issues. It’s important for build strong relationship between employees and supervisors (Utahstate university, 2019). Employees are represented by union. Employee relations are important for HRM decision making as below:

Figure 01 : Employee relations and HRM

Source : (Locus, 2019)

There can be some issues on which an individual cannot take decisions alone

Sometimes management can be missed key points and they need advice others as well. Fellow workers may come out with brilliant ideas which can solve these issues and achieve targets easily. If the management give chance to express employees’ opinion freely, then the management come to know where they are going wrong. If the company does not continue good relation with employees, there is no one to help them .This is done by some banks of Sri Lanka like Sampath Bank PLC and Commercial Bank PLC. (Management Study Guide, 2019).

Decision making become easy

If there is healthy relation within company, work and the responsibilities shared among all. Then the management can be coached their employees and can be made decisions at the right time. David Pieris Group of Companies has been succeeded because of their healthy employee relation and easy decision-making procedure (David Pieris Group Of Companies, 2019).

Can easily find out the methods to motivate employees

Generally, company has a responsibility to motivate employees. If there is a good employee relation, they can be identified what the employees want to increase their motivation and make decisions according to the point they identified. Then good working environment can be made by the company. Hamas Holdings PLC is motivated employees using employee relation by organizing training and development programs, Individual Development Center (IDC) and giving rewards (Hemas Holdings PLC, 2019).

Make decisions to organize effective training programs

Management can be easily identified the employees who need training and development programs by communicating with employees. It is important to identify what kind of training they need. Then the company can be organized most effective training and development programs. Google is recruited people and develop them by giving training programs. But they are coming to know about the employees who need training by using their employee relation (Zach, 2019).

 Get decisions about company rules

If there are good employees’ relations, management do not need to make strike rules and the management can be followed democratic method when they get decisions about company rules. Apple has been used employee relation to get decisions about company rules to solve their employee issues. But sometimes it has been struggling (Sam, 2019).

Give the right job for right person

Employee relation has ability to identify the talent and skills of employees.so the company can be selected the most suitable person for the job. Then company can be given the right job for the right person. Coca-Cola has been made a team to continue employee relation strongly because they had long distance employee relation. That team is handling employee conduct, attendance, interpersonal relationship and other employee issues face-to-face. They provide the jobs by identifying employees’ talent and skills through opinion (Hastings, 2012).

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