Short Note on the growth of Human Resource Management in India. - MBA Assignment Notes

Short Note on the growth of Human Resource Management in India. - MBA Assignment Notes

The Indian story for organizational success is one that is deeply rooted in its history and culture. Traces of Human Resources techniques are observed in as early as 4th Century BC ‘Artha-Shastra’. As per the books there existed logical procedures and principles in organising labour termed as ‘Shreni’. 

Society was divided into castes each with specific roles in society. They were: 

a) Bhramins – They engaged in teaching, sacrifice or state management. 

b) Kshatriyas – They specialized in fighting. 

c) Vaishyas – They engaged in trade, business and agriculture. 

d) Shudras – They dealt with manual labour or work. 

 • The HRM practices in Indian organizations are a parody of sorts. There is a strong foundation on HR practices from the established western organizations and the developed countries. On the other hand there is a equally strong cultural impact on the HR practices in India.

• The Indian culture is one that is deeply rooted in its societal and collectivistic values whereby there is a natural urge to collaborate at the workplace, work in teams and groups with ease. 

• The diversity in diverse religions and states helps in the ability of the Indians to accept diversity of views and thought without inhibitions. This helps in developing tolerance. The tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty however is low in the Indian which requires a lot more detailing of jobs and roles and responsibilities. 

 • Indians have uncommon dedication and service attitude towards work. The need to earn money impacts the way they work and they have natural ability to work hard and long hours, perseverance. It is usual for an Indian to compromise personal time with family and friends to instead attend to work and satisfy a customer. 

• India attracts global workforce due to availability of a large educated group of individuals of different calibre of knowledge and skill, allows the country to undertake different nature of work beginning with lower skilled activities such as BPO’s(Business Process Outsourcing) to other sectors as well. 

 • Compensation and benefits costs continue to provide a competitive advantage for India making it a preferred business location the world over.

 • Indian cultural influence can be seen at work. There is a natural expressed need ‘to belong’. This allows customization in workplace we see in the form of cultural events and activities through the year.

 

• HRM in India however is not structurally well-researched and hence a lack of theoretical information to track and document its progress. Research is yet at its infancy in India and there is a lot of dependence on the emerged countries in emulating best practices in the way people are hired and managed.

• Our statutory and legal frameworks are a lot more liberal and less restrictive as compared to the emerged countries.

• HRM in India also have to deal with diversity. It is a challenge very different from its existence in the rest of the world. Diversity initiatives in India normally focus around challenges related to gender diversity. It’s only in the past few years that there is a pattern of women in the Indian corporate