The role and
responsibilities of a manager is associated with different tasks of handling
and the management. Mangers are responsible for the planning and strategy
development, organizing, for controlling and leading the employees and the
developing of the employees. The major aim of the manger is to lead his company
in the most convenient way to a next level of success. He is also a monitor, a
disseminator, a decision maker and a spokesperson as well. On the other side
human resource management is to manage the people at work. The purpose of the
HRM process is to develop a positive relation between the people and the
organizations in order to achieve the required goals of the organization and to
become a sustainable and developing organization. HRM specialists are those
people that recruit, train, support the employees and place the employees of a
company in their suitable places, where they can work more properly according
and relevant to their fields. HRM department has multiple specialists but it
depends on the size of the company and they perform specific tasks in the
company that includes the performance of the employees and maintaining the
records of the employees. The line managers are responsible for the HR
responsibilities in the companies as well like to pay the rewards to the
individuals in the company and their appraisal and training and the development
of the employee by motivating them and by giving the Job trainings to the new
employees. In this research paper three different articles are reviewed in
order to define the role of the line mangers and what are the responsibilities
of the line manager in terms of the HRM activities.
The Rosemary
Batt (2004) article is about the Workers, Supervisors and the Managers. This
article defines about the workers, supervisors and the mangers and the
comparison between them in managing the different problems associated with the
organization. The Henry Mintzberg (2010) article is all about the Manager’s
Job; Folklore and Fact. In this article the author defines the tasks of the
manager and his responsibilities in the organization in the field of
management. The Lopez Cotarelo (2018) article
is about the line managers and the HRM. In this article, the role pf the line
managers in the HRM Practices is defined, that how line managers contribute in
the implementation of the HRM practices. The similarities between these
articles is that in all the articles the role of manager has been discussed
with difference aspects in different ways. But there are some differences as
well between these articles. The difference is that all the three articles do
no depict the role of line managers in the HRM activities, only the Lopez
Cotarelo’s article depict the role of line managers in the HRM activities.
Collection of the data of Responsibilities
of Line Mangers for the Human Resource Management Activities
The data
collected in all of the above articles are collected with different ways. But
the data of the most organizations and the line mangers that are working in the
organization by the semi structured interviews with different managers in the
organization and by interviewing the different members of the organization so
that we can define the role of the line managers in the organization.
Responsibilities of the line managers of
Responsibilities of Line Mangers for the Human Resource Management Activities
The above three
articles depicts the responsibilities of the line managers, that what are the
responsibilities of the line managers and how these responsibilities vary from different
organization and different circumstances. In most of the organization line
manager play an important role either if it is relevant to the interviewing the
candidates or communicating or conducting any appraisals, conducting a job
training or giving some career advices. Line manager’s involve directly or
indirectly within the organization in order to shape the organization and
successfully implement HRM practices in the organizations. The managers in
different organizations depend on the field of management in the organization
and how they perform managerial practices in the modern organization to boast
up the employees and conduct different training programs for the employees. The
line managers improve the skills of the employees, make them sharper and allow
them to use the management science in the areas of marketing and finance and
motivate them so that these employees can take the organization to a next
level. According to a literature form the other article, the managers and supervisors
are the persons that seek to full their requirements and needs regarding the company
that what does the company needed in terms of the economic constraints that are
imposed on the organization due to the production process. These are the
responsibilities of the line managers in the organization and the
responsibilities of line managers in the HRM activities. Basically in the HRM
activities, the line manager has to focus on the Human resource activities by
just taking caring of the employees, the customer and the people that are
engaged with the organization, and how to manage people and develop a sense of
responsibility for the people of the organization.
More effective management of
Responsibilities of Line Mangers for the Human Resource Management Activities
The line
managers can improve their effectiveness just by implementing the HRM
strategies in their organization. The line manager should implement the HRM activities
in the organization to improve the efficiency of the workers and make them more
comfortable while working in the organization. The performance of the line
manager depends on how the manager is working in the organization, how
dedicated and honest he is to the organization, only then he can take the
responsibilities of the HRM activities in the organization. To make the line
manager work more effectively, they need to take care of the employees and the
responsibilities of the HRM activities. The manger can also improve its
efficiency by designing the HRM decision making processes. He has to store the
structure of the organization, like he has to set the working hours for the
employees and the shifts and the employees working in the organization have to
achieve this structure. He should give the salaries to the employees on time
and he should also give bonuses to the employees when they are doing some
exceptional work for the organization. And he also triggers on the performance
of the employees by improving the performance of the employees by making them
motivated and boost up their potential so that they can work more effectively
and efficiently in the environment. The line manager should conduct different
training and development workshops for the employees in order to improve the
skills of the employees and make them aware of the current market trends and
conditions so that they can work accordingly to the new trends and modern world
and can take their organization to a
next level, as well as some training programs should be conducted by the line
managers to develop a sense of management in the employees so that the
employees can know the managerial activities and hoe ,management activities are
performed in the organization so that they can know about the implementation of
the HRM activities in the organization. Moreover, the line managers should give
promotions to the employees in order to keep them motivated so that they can
work more diligently and effectively in the organization. The major aim of the
Line manager is to hire the workers or the employees appropriately because
hiring is on of the major factor in the development of the company. If the line
manager is hiring the employees properly by looking at the potential of the
workers and their capabilities and if they are capable enough to work in this
organization, then by hiring these kinds of the employees, the line manager can
develop the organization with the most skillful workers and in this way the
organization will become successful. These are the ways in which the manager
can be more effective and can implement the HRM activities in the organization.
Role of the line managers in the
organization of Responsibilities of Line Mangers for the Human Resource
Management Activities
The role of the
line mangers in the organization, is an important factor because, the line
managers are the person that keep the organization intact and running and are
responsible for the development of the organization. The line manager has to
make a positive relation between him and the employees so that they can work
confidently in the organization with the full potential. Moreover, the line
manger should be train the employees for the development of the organization.
And during the recruitment process the line manger should be active so that he
can hire the best possible employees for the organization so that the
organization will have a greater impact on the economy of the country and can
generate revenue for the country. Moreover the line manager should take care of
the health and safety of the employee’s by providing the safety measure to the
employees. The line manger should develop proper policies for the workers that
are working in the organization so that the workers can follow the policies and
can have a comfortable working environment for them. Some risk management strategies
should be developed in the organization so that the organization can reduce the
risks and loss that can occur in the future.
Conclusion of Responsibilities of Line
Mangers for the Human Resource Management Activities
It was concluded
that in all the three articles, the responsibilities of the line manager is
consistent because the mangers are working with their efforts. In the articles
it is was concluded that the emotional intelligence is a learning power and can
be learned but it is not easy because commitment is a difficult task. But in
these articles the role of the line managers have defined with such variance
that there are come controlling variables for the line managers that thy cam
use in order to run he company successfully under the HRM activities. The
controlling variables include the Training, the mobility, compensation and the managerial
support, the labor management climate. These are the controlling factors for
the line mangers and they can use these factors and implement these factors in
the companies.
But the
managerial roles can be improved in the context of the HRM activities by
implementing and introducing some new aloes in the organization. And by
implementing the HRM practice in the organization. There are two recommendation
in the HRM implementation in the organization. First, to implement the HRM
practices appropriately in the organization, a proper strategy should be
developed in order to identify the areas of interest, that where the line
mangers and comfortable and encourage and supported as well do the work. And
they can utilize their capabilities and overcome the hesitation and implement
open up their capacities and capabilities to work appropriately in the
organization. Secondly, the potential of the company should be identified that
that are the potential of the employees working in the company and the
capabilities of the line manager in order to implement the HRM activities more appropriately.
If we know the potentials of the organization than we can easily know the potential
of the workers and to which extent the HRM activities should be implemented in
the organization. Maybe come organizations have already implemented the HRM
activities or some organizations have not properly implemented the HRM
activities in the organization. These are the research gaps in in that should
be overcome with the time.
Appendix
References of Responsibilities of Line
Mangers for the Human Resource Management Activities
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Lopez-Cotarelo, J.
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