Global Human Resources Administration

Global Human Resources Administration

The global administration is constituted by the communication and interdependence that occurs between the different countries of the world, where markets, societies and cultures are unified, through a series of social, economic and political transformations. That is, an organization is global when it exchanges goods and services with customers from other countries, it also uses the management and technical talent of other countries. Therefore, while an organization innovates globally, which is a continuous and dynamic process, at the same time is responsible for attracting and retaining top -level human resources.

“In an increasingly competitive and global world, companies are often forced to look for that potential outside the national borders. If we add the exhaustion of domestic markets, something that happens especially in developed countries, internationalization in the search for talent is mandatory ”. (Marín Henry, 2004)

In accordance with the above, this essay seeks to publicglobalization so that its effects can be explained on administrative functions.

"Globalization is a continuous and dynamic process, which challenges the laws of countries in their way of regulating the functioning of companies and the economic behavior of individuals internationally". (Contreras, 2013)

Administration is the process by which an environment is designed and maintained in which individuals working in groups meet specific goals effectively.

That is, by administrative act, all human behavior oriented towards the organization and coordination of work activities is understood;This basic definition needs to be expanded, that is why we will see below the most significant definitions of the administration:

“Managing is to provide, organize, direct, coordinate and control through management.”(Henri Fayol, 1916). For Fayol, administration is a whole and a set of processes of which the company or organization is one of the parties, which is static and limited, since it refers to the structure and form.

According to José Antonio Fernández Arena "Administration is a social science that pursues the satisfaction of institutional objectives through a structure and through coordinated human effort". That is, the process of training the business structure includes a balance between all the parties that the company operates, both human resources and material resources (capital);In addition these parties must be correctly organized.

"Administration is the systematic set of rules to achieve maximum efficiency in ways of structuring and managing a social organism". (Agustín Reyes Ponce, 1994). This author adds that the administration is the technique of coordination of things and people that make up a company.

George Terry states that "administration is a distinctive process that consists of the planning, organization, execution and control, executed to determine and achieve the objectives, through the use of people and resources," that is, the vitality of a company derives fromThe ability of their managers to create and apply ideas.

On the other hand, Brech in 1998 states that the administration is “a social process that leads to the responsibility of efficiently planning and regulating the operations of a company, to achieve a given purpose”. Therefore, the administration is a set of processes and mechanisms through which the promotion of social and economic functions, which guarantee the obtaining of personal goals are sought.

"Administration is a technique through which the purposes and objectives of a particular human group are determined, clarified and carried out" (Peterson and Plowman).

‘Administration as the art or technique of directing and inspiring others based on extensive knowledge of the nature of the human being” (James Mooney, 1998).

After knowing the most significant definitions of the administration we can affirm that it has evolved over the years, but it was until 1776 when the administration began to be taken seriously with the publication "The riches of the nations" by Adam Smith,where an emphasis is placed on the substantial advantages that were acquired when dividing the work, that is, by distributing the processes into specific tasks, which would reduce the costs and increase the efficiency in the production. When doing this, tasks are perfected by practice and save the dead time that employees occupied in changing task (Robbins, 2005).

There were also other great events that had great influence on the administration, such as: the industrial revolution that occurs in Britain in 1760 thanks to the liberal monarchy that existed at that time, the invention of the steam machine that brought significant inventions,The invention of the electric pile in 1800 by Alessandro Volta, the invention of the loom in 1834 by Richard Roberts, and by 1837 Samuel Morse creates the telegraph, all these events cheated the production in the factories by replacing machines with labor by promoting theIndustries of the time.

These facts represented a greater challenge for managers, had to direct the factories, supply enough raw material, organize the staff, which causes the need to create a formal theory of the administration that guided managers to direct these large companies.

Faced with this, I can say that the administration is very important within an organization;Since it offers the following benefits: Create and execute relevant knowledge about the correct form of use and optimization of resources, gives effectiveness to human efforts, allows the sustainable growth of organizations, generates relevant information about the correct way of treating theOperation and human resources resources, and also creates relevant information to make the relevant changes that improve the operation of organizations. 

All the aforementioned actions are in charge of the administrator;Its function is: direct the activities of others, supervise by performing the basic functions of the administration, performing various administrative or managerial roles and above all it will generate an open communication environment, take full advantage of all resources;detect all kinds of needs and motivate staff. In addition, the administration fulfills certain functions that were defined from early times by Henry Fayol, which identifies them as: planning (visualizing the future and drawing the action program), organizing (building), directing (guide and guide staff), coordinate(join all acts and all collective efforts) and control (verify that everything happens in accordance with the established rules and the given orders).

According to the book "Administration a global perspective" by authors Harold Koontz and Heinz Weihrich, they state that administrative functions are: plan, organize, execute and control. They are applicable to activities with defined objectives, which implies the coordination and direction of the use of resources to achieve the fulfillment of said objectives.

From that definition, it is possiblecontribute and work as a team to achieve objectives.

Dessler (2001) defines the administration of human resources such as: "The policies and practices that are required to carry out the aspects related to the people or personnel of the administrative position that deal with". Rodríguez (2005) For its part, it says that “Human Resources administration is currently considered a complete function that has its own tools and that in most cases it is integrated and depends on the General Directorate”.

At the beginning, human resources administration was merely considered as a resource, but at present it is to consider it as an invaluable asset that constitutes a competitive advantage in the business world while planning with firm bases, studying and analyzing monetary aspects derived in thisfield and presents solutions to imponderable cases that are caused by local, national and world turbulence.

Two great trends influence the environment of organizations such as globalization and digitalization;Undoubtedly, they promote them to review their performance in various activities: “In a world with such immediate changes and where internationalization is growing every day, good human resources administration will be essential for companies that wish to project abroad, triumphIn foreign markets ".

In addition, organizations must be better, faster and more competitive just to survive, let’s not say prosper;And they require committed employees to achieve this competitiveness, which is why it is so important to have a good management of human resources.

In the global context, human resources management is affected from one country to another since people who make up the organization, change, combine, postulate and move in different territories. The same organizations are installed where they consider it more convenient and exercise their marketing domains, adapting their products to different global markets. The Mission of Human Resources Administration is to increase the labor contributions of the workforce to the company with ethical sense and high social impact. Taking into account business and functional objectives, the human resources administration launches fundamental practices;One of them is the planning of the workforce from the future demand of the company.

According to Bayo and Merino (2002), people who work in a company are one of the most important assets of it, as well as one of the determining factors in their progress. On the other hand, he also mentions that the qualities, attitudes and behavior of employees, together with other factors, perform a very important role in determining the success of this.

Given the aforementioned, it can be said that the demands of todayIdentification with the organization. These new requirements need a professional who understands them and is convinced of their need.

In order to have an innovative professional in an organization, recruitment is necessary, Shamil (2001) says that recruitment is a part of the human resources administration that deals with the process of filling a vacancy, which includes the examination of the position, the assessmentof the sources from which candidates can be obtained, how to contact candidates, as well as the attraction of applicants. “Recruitment is the process by which potentially suitable candidates are captured and according to the profiles to occupy hierarchies or vacancies. It is the technique that allows the company and organization to be supplied to the necessary human elements at the timeSystem internal ". (Llanos, 2005)

However, the administration increasingly globalized and the search for new sources of growth in a very competitive environment have meant great pressure on the function of human resources, whose transformation from national to global is taking place more slowly. The international business today needs a human resources agenda capable not only of responding quickly and effectively to its demands, but also responsible for promoting commitment, strengthening corporate identity and managing transnational risks and diligentlyas guarantor, to a large extent, of corporate reputation.

To conclude I can say that, the worldwide and in particular the business panorama has been changing rapidly;Today’s accelerator is not different from the concept and reality of globalization. Globalization ended the concepts of production, company, investment that came from the last century. This phenomenon forces to look at the factor that always remains and that is not different from the human factor;Hence, human management takes greater importance and that in order to survive within a globalized world, our country has to make an enormous effort in Human Resources Management.

In addition, the human talent administration function in a global business is generally responsible for international labor relations. From a strategic perspective, the key issue in international labor relations is the degree to which organized labor can limit the decisions of a global business. The consolidation of the global operations of a company, to achieve a curve of the experience and economies of location, can be limited by organized labor, constraining its ability to follow a transnational strategy.

Therefore, the more the administration is globalized, organizations will require more specialized human resource to be ableits development within your work.

The recommendations I give are: that companies try to develop in employees an understanding and better consciousness and knowledge of the global environment;so that they can have more cultural openness and give a better service. Employee capacities should also periodically measure since this is good because they would know what capacities have their employees and that they develop them both within the organization, which helps them make decisions. In addition, they must retain the best employees who show a better adaptation to work because these are employees who give value to the company.