Asanka Devagiri

In today’s global economy, having a workforce that is fully updated about the world is a competitive advantage for the company. 80% of midsize and large companies currently send their professionals abroad and 45% plan to increase the number of people on assignment (Black and Gregersen 1999). An organization might send an expat instead of hiring someone locally for a variety of reasons. The procedures and culture of the local office can be carried over to the new one by an expatriate employee. Most expats have experience working in one of their employer's local offices, so they are familiar with how the company operates. This could be particularly crucial when opening a new office. An expatriate can ensure that the same culture and procedures you employ at home exist abroad to ensure that your foreign offices can collaborate effortlessly with your local ones. There are advantages and disadvantages of expatriation. Advantages ·          Able to tran...

  Human Resources is no longer considered an administrative task. In the modern workplace, HR professionals are strategic partners for organizational decision-making. They connect employees and employers to build relationships and constantly work to improve employee skills to achieve organizational goals and to recruit, attract and retain top talent. It was also accepted that HRM was more holistic than traditional personnel management, most importantly, it emphasized that people should be considered as assets rather than costs ( Armstrong and Taylor, 2014). The traditional HR department mostly concentrated on recruiting personnel, outlining expectations, and providing employee orientation. The HR department in the modern workplace is more concerned with important matters like talent acquisition, retention, and development. The goal of modern human resource management is to maximize employees' productive utilization, participation, and contribution across the organization. which, as...

Diversity and equality in the workplace are vital as it focus on treating each member of the staff with respect regardless of their age, gender, color, cultural background, professional experience, talents, worldview, sexual orientation, and other characteristics. Recruiting people from all kinds of backgrounds create many advantages to the organization since people from different values and ideas work together for better results. Organizations face challenges as a result of variations among personnel, but if these differences are successfully managed, organizations may make greater use of them ( Minghua 2022). This increase creativity and innovation. Given below some advantages from diversity and equality in the workplace. Having a diversified workforce will assist to understand customer needs. Many organizations offer their products and services to a global scale. Therefore, it is necessary to have ideas from different people from different cultural backgrounds. Having a diversified ...

  Technology has always played a role in accomplishing organizational goals by increasing efficiency and optimizing processes. artificial intelligence use for HRM functions to carry out process effectively and efficiently. Organizations are incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) more and more. AI has recently gained more significance in the context of Human Resource Management (HRM) ( Palos et al , 2022)   According to Sanyaolu and Atsaboghena (2022) Organization can use AI for below HRM functions, 01.                 Recruitment and Selection - Finding the ideal applicant might be challenging because there are so many talented people out there. AI can help to speed up the process to shortlist the applicants based on the talent.   02.                 Onboarding - The process of swiftly and smoothly incorporating new hir...

  Financial health became an important point of organizational well-being programs. The focus on financial well-being has grown significantly in recent times ( Bailey 2019). Finance well-being includes employee’s ability to meet their daily finance requirements, ability to absorb finance shock, ability to achieve finance goals and financial independence to make the decisions that enable one to enjoy life. Unpredicted global challenges have emerged in recent years such as COVID-19 pandemic and conflict in Ukraine, followed by sharp price increases caused by issues with the world's supply chains. The overall effect has had an influence on households in Sri Lanka as well as across the world. Organizations can offer their staff financial well-being support in various ways, which helps reduce cost-of-living worries. Not all forms of help must be expensive. According to CIPD (2022), Organizations can implement practices and policies to increase employees’ financial well-being. such as, 0...

  Workplace conflicts are unavoidable as employees from differing backgrounds and working styles are combined for a common, shared organizational goal. Conflict can be seen in many ways such as insults, noncooperation, bullying, and anger. This may create a negative impact on the organization which may include, Work disruptions Less productivity Failure to achieve goals Absenteeism Reduce turnover Termination Emotional stress According to Armstrong there are three principal ways to resolve workplace conflicts. 01. Peaceful coexistence Aim is this concept to encourage employees to work together by exchanging values,  views, and insight, with improved communication.                                                                                          ...

    Source : https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.perceptyx.com%2Femployee-voice&psig=AOvVaw3BeL0iV3tkOZU4P2Wnvedo&ust=1681582792144000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBEQjRxqFwoTCMC9n5r-qf4CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE Employee voice is defined as the ability for individuals to express their thoughts and expectations to management. Since human resources are regarded as the most precious resource, connecting with people is essential for an organization to be succeed. Employee voice refers to all the communications through employees have a link in the decisions that affect their work and the overall contribution to the organization. It includes direct, indirect, formal, informal, individual and collective communications channels ( Torre, Gritti, and Wilkinson, 2022). According to CIPD (2022) There are two types of employee voice. 01. Individual voice involving direct dialogue between employer and employees whereby individuals can raise their voice about...