Human resource management practices and employee engagement - a key to organizational success in 21st century-a theoretical analysis

Abstract

Humans are social being, we seldom live and work in isolation,Whether consciously or unconsciously we are always in interaction with other people and we are continually planning,developing,managing and ceasing our relations with others.These relations do not appear out of nowhere.They depend on our actions and our ability to manage ouractions.However, Dealing with peopleis probable the most difficult thing we will ever encounter in life. Moreover, the business environment today is not clear than yesterday.Human Resource Management discipline extracted its roots from organizational psychology discipline and proved to be an important practice for managing organizations. The role of this practice has emerged to be strategic with due course of time. In an organization,HR has become an important strategic partner and the management of the same has become a challenging task for HR managers.Now a day, the role of human resource management departments has become indispensable for 21st century modern businesses.This article particularly focuses on changing role of human resource management practices in 21st century. This theoretical paper aims to highlight the importance of human resource managers, HR practices and its influencing factors on employee engagement. The literature analysis has been conducted to present emerging issues, challenges and practices of human resource management discipline in context of 21st century.