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Lean HR:A Step towards Success


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1 Matrix School of Management Studies, Pune, India
 

Most of the organizations are flat now-a-days and are moving for continuous change. A major challenge for these organizations is to improve efficiency of its employees, and to ensure continuous improvement in this rapidly changing environment. The traditional HR methods are obsolete in current scenario. The need of an hour is to create an environment that will promote employee engagement and make the organizations succeed in this continuous change, for this human resource practices should be 'flexible' and ‘lean'. This paper highlights the ways to adopt ‘Lean HRM’ which will help the organization to eliminate or minimize waste and drive towards human efficiency. The lean HR originated in 2007 but organizations fail to understand its benefits. HR practices needs a revamp and must include lean which is especially relevant to use of human resources and training functions.

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Lean, Process, Human Resource, Culture.
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  • Lean HR:A Step towards Success

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Authors

Satish S. Ubale
Matrix School of Management Studies, Pune, India
Anand D. Padle
Matrix School of Management Studies, Pune, India

Abstract


Most of the organizations are flat now-a-days and are moving for continuous change. A major challenge for these organizations is to improve efficiency of its employees, and to ensure continuous improvement in this rapidly changing environment. The traditional HR methods are obsolete in current scenario. The need of an hour is to create an environment that will promote employee engagement and make the organizations succeed in this continuous change, for this human resource practices should be 'flexible' and ‘lean'. This paper highlights the ways to adopt ‘Lean HRM’ which will help the organization to eliminate or minimize waste and drive towards human efficiency. The lean HR originated in 2007 but organizations fail to understand its benefits. HR practices needs a revamp and must include lean which is especially relevant to use of human resources and training functions.

Keywords


Lean, Process, Human Resource, Culture.

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