Pathum Wedisinghe

  Benefits of the Performance Appraisal One of the most important assets for efficient operations is human resources. The firm's overall performance is closely linked to proper application. The organization's culture and assessment system, for example, boost an employee's performance or productivity level. The appraisal system must be unbiased because it not only provides adequate feedback on an employee's performance level, but it also provides data to managers for future job assignments and compensation, and it serves as a foundation for transforming or changing behavior patterns toward more effective habits that produce results. The objective behind the performance appraisal • Employees are motivated by performance appraisals, which leads to increased productivity and job quality. • It creates a competitive environment among employees; for example, if one person receives an appraisal for superior performance, the other employee is motivated to do even great...

 Trade union in Plantation sectors   Trade union means any association or combination of workmen or employees, whether temporary or permanent to regulate the relationship between employee and employer to impose restrictive condition (Trade union ordinance No.14 of 1935) Trade union is a continuous association of wage-earning for the purpose of maintaining or improving the condition of their working lives (Kirielle & Gamage, 2016) . In Sri Lanka, the trade union ordinance is the ordinance to provide for the registration and control of trade unions. Those who registered under this ordinance can exercise rights granted under the ordinance. There are 1843 union functioning at the end of year 2020. Plantation sector in Sri Lanka contribute around 20% of the national export revenue. The main production of the plantation sector in the hill country is the tea, and majority of the labor force constitutes of Indian Tamil   There are more than fifty unions in the pla...

Importance of Job Analysis in the Recruitment Process An important part of the human resource management is the recruitment process. Recruitment is a process that offers a company with a pool of qualified job applicants from which to choose. Before recruiting, companies must first develop proper staffing strategies and predictions to determine how many people they will need. The estimate will be based on the organization's annual budget as well as short- and long-term goals, such as expansion plans. The organizational life cycle will also be taken into account. Factors consider at developing proper staffing strategies •          Internal factors •          Budget constraints •          Expected or trend of employee separations •          Sales increases or decreases •     ...

  ETHICAL ISSUES IN RECRUITMENTS Ethics Corporations and individuals are increasingly competing for new customers and expanding their markets, while individuals compete for and keep their employment. Carroll (1996) and Ferrell, Fredrich & Ferrell (2001) synthesized four key approaches to the philosophical concepts of ethics. Morals are a set of beliefs and values that govern behavior and are influenced by daily thoughts and behaviors. Because they are based on sound reasons that explain a given behavior, philosophy of ethics can be useful tools for decision-making in businesses. Ethical issues cannot be observed in HRM under below category -           Recruitments -           Remuneration -           Training And development -           Retrenchment     Recruitments Rec...

  What is Human Resource Planning? Human Resource Planning is the process of forecasting the future human resource requirements of the organization and determining as to how the existing human resource capacity of the organization can be utilized to fulfill these requirements. It is essential in successfully achieving the strategies and objectives of organization  (Amtrong, 2006) . Importance of the HR planning Organizations in growth phase may face the challenge of meeting the need for critical set of skills, competencies and talent to meet their strategic objectives. HR Planning allows the identification, selection and development of required talent or competency within the organization so they can stand well-prepared to meet the HR needs. An HR Planning process simply involves the following four broad steps: Current HR Supply  Assessment of the current human resource availability in the organization is the foremost ...