October 2nd, 2008
While stuck in the present
crisis, it's time for human resources to step in and set the record
straight.
We've been exposed to some
of the biggest mismanagement of major companies this decade - century
even - and it's now costing everyone on a wider scale than needed.
Our corporations are supposed
to be lead by stable individuals who have a sound vision for the future,
rallying their people towards the anticipated goal. The reality is that
there's been more mismanagement and unconventional ignorance with regards
to the operations of our organizations, especially within the financial
sector.
This begs the question:
Where was the HR function while this all happened? Was it trying to
knock sense into our renegade management regimes, or were they just
standing by idling doing as the upper management imposed and proposed?
If it's the latter, then
there's work that needs to be done to restore the chaos that has ensued.
HR needs to constantly remind
our leaders that they are responsible for the people they employ and
cater to (customers) and need to take greater precaution in their actions.
Too often we see negligence
occur in management levels without so much as a peep from the company's
human resources. This is complicated by the fact that many HR professionals
do not practice an adequate amount of neutrality and instead choose
to butter up to management, agreeing to whatever it is they wish to
have done without any form of resistance that says, "Hey, I'm not
so sure that would be a good thing to do."
It's imperative that human
resources work to establish an equilibrium that ensures nothing chaotic
gets out of hand on both sides of the fence. In fact, HR should be the
ones who knock down that fence and open communication between staff
and management to allow the free-flow of dialect and stating of concerns
occur.
When communication supercedes
ego and pride, milestones are reached and chaos is averted.
Maybe, then, it is safe
to say that this recent crisis needed to happen in order to make people
more aware of what is occuring in our boardrooms, and that greater action
is needed in the long-run to prevent disasters like this from reoccuring
in the future.
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