EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT & HR

External Environment & Hr



External Macro Environment and Human Resource Department

Introduction

One thing that is constant in this world is change. Every facet of this world and of our lives is suspected to change. As the world is moving at a fast pace and different technological, economical and social changes are taking place so in order to be successful it is imperative that one should evaluate him or herself from time to time. These changes that occur in our lives also cause its impact on the business environment and affect the organization and its different departments.

These changes can be of different nature and sorts for an organization these changes can be internal and external. An organization can only be successful and maintain its success for a long period of time if they track these changes properly and respond to these changes immediately. The aim and objective of this paper is to discuss about the external business environment with regard to a particular department of an organization. The department that is chosen to discuss the impact of external macro environment is human resource department.

Factors that change business environment

There are certain factors that cause changes in the internal and external conditions and surroundings of an organization. These changes are categorized as internal and external changes. There are certain factors in the external and internal environment and surroundings that cause these changes, these factors are known as internal factors of business environment and external factors of business environment. In following paragraphs this paper discusses these external factors and its impact on human resource department of an organization.

External Factors

External factors are those factors that are not directly associated with the organization but they cause strong impact on organization. External factors are those factors that are present outside environment of the organization. Macro external factors include; political factors, economical factors, social factors, legal, and technological factors (Goyal 2011, 10).

External Factors and Human Resource Department

Human resource refers to the workforce of the organization. It includes people who work in the organization their attitudes, skills, qualities and loyalty etc. The department of human resource does not work in isolation. In a way this department can be regarded as the nub of the organization. The department of human resource coordinates other departments and facilitates the managers of other departments of the organization. Any changes in the external environment will bring changes in the functioning of the human resource department. Changes in the functions of the human resource department would bring changes in the organization overall. Human resource practitioners need to alter and update their practices according to the changes in the external environment so that they can stay updated (Bates 2010, 16).

Different External Factors and its Impact on Human Resource Department

There are different external factors that can cause its impact on human resource department. The following part of the paper discusses these external factors and how these factors affect the functioning of the human resource department. Moreover, the following part also describes the affect ...