Human Resource – a saviour
thou must be
There are a lot of meanings
and definitions to Human resource right from the top notch HR professional to
the lower rung entrant. Books, chapters and volumes have been written and
studies continue in B-schools and are used as referral guides. People have
gained doctorates researching this new phenomenon called Human resource. It is
not as it never existed before, but in India its importance has gained only in
the last 30 odd years. In short Human Resource can be defined as you please,
write thesis, research it to infinity or practice what the world believes and
develops, it all depends on how you see it.
As gravity was in existence
before Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery so was HR in prevalence and integral to
business processes much before it came about to be recognised as a potent force
in business development also recognised as the most important strengths of
business to move forward. However its strength to move mountains was only
discovered lately and ever since the world has gone gung ho. Business processes
look to Human resource for upliftment. CEO’s need the best HR team. People are
always scouting for the latest and the best practices. But no one will disagree
that coaxing, cajoling, making human capital develop, helping them believe in
themselves, enabling and raising them to more than they can be is the core to
good human resource practice. I am reminded of a lovely song “you raise me up”
the central lyrics go thus:
“When I am down and, oh my
soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my
heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here
in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile
with me.
You raise me up, so I can
stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on
stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your
shoulders;
You raise me up... To more
than I can be”.
This is what Human resource is,
herein, lies the core of human resource, the heart of the topic. A Human
resource professional must be able to talk to weary and tired souls, be able to
coax them back to attention. Must be able to lift up their spirit, and help in
unburdening them mentally and physically. You have to lend an ear to the
resource and listen to all that is said no matter how important or unimportant
it may be. You must make space and time to sit in solitude and silence with the
victims of mental and physical turmoil and understand their wants and needs,
and counsel them, coach them to be better human beings.
A human resource professional
must also be able to recognise the hidden talents, lying dormant or stifled and
bring it out for the betterment of the individual. The professional has a job
on hand to guide people and their destiny, cultivate traits that are seemingly
good and true and bring out the best in people. The resource must feel strong
to face the rough stretches in life, they must be geared to respond to
disadvantageous situations, they must feel rejuvenated on the strength of
support lent by the department and they must re discover themselves, to add
more meaning to life.
All, in the Human resource
department must feel the need to change lives, and that change must start from
within them which will enable them to have changed perspectives. One can only
do convincingly things that one believes in everything else is false or creating
a façade. -A saviour thou must be.
robin_vargh@yahoo.com - 1st November 2015
