Human Resource Audit: Florida Corrections and Rehabilitation (FCR) Presentation

Introduction

• HR audit is a practice used by organizations to develop and evaluate ways of strengthening workforce performance.
• Using Florida Corrections and Rehabilitation (FCR) as Benchmark, the paper describes the best HR practices such as; HR planning, performance appraisal, 360 feedback mechanism and rewards schemes among other practices.
• Most organizations use HR audit as a guide to identify best practices to improve employees’ motivation and attitude towards work.

Human Resource Practices

• The Florida Corrections and rehabilitation practices the following in line with human resource practice; HR planning, performance appraisal, 360 –Degree Feedback System, Reward Schemes and discretionary employee benefits.
• The human resource planning is the major aspect Florida Corrections and Rehabilitation has used to gain its strategic organization processes.
• Florida Corrections and Rehabilitation applies performance appraisal to seek information on how to better employee performance through the feedback system.
• The 360-degree feedback system is widely seen as a replacement to traditional appraisal system. In Florida Corrections and rehabilitation the recruitment team uses this system in HR operations in its attempt to improve the process by collecting and giving information.
• Florida Corrections and Rehabilitation uses the reward scheme as one of ways to motivate its employees.
• Florida Corrections and Rehabilitation has devised a variety of discretionary benefits to its employees. The benefits exist in various forms the first is protection programs which involve insurance packages for employees such as; disability insurance, life insurance and retirement plans.

Florida Corrections and Rehabilitation Best Practices

• Interaction with employees in an organization, employee training, communication, workplace ethics and motivation contributes to enhancement of desired practices practiced by most organizations.
• In achieving better progress and success in employee recruitment, best practices should aim at improving effectiveness, reliability and should operate within legal framework.
• Employee training empowers the employee to understand their roles transforming an organization.
• Organizations must provide, frame and communicate its strategies and processes, objectives and intention.
• FCR should ensure that its employees understand workplace ethics and behavior.
• Employees are motivated when they know that an organization has an established goals and vision which can be achievable at the same time valuing their welfare.

Understanding Recruitment Best Practices and Implementation

• Organizations which operate under a legal framework help in fostering its performance and ethical complaint to the society.
• One of the important guideline that directs organization is the Equal Employment Opportunity law (EEO).
• Florida Corrections and rehabilitation employs equal race and gender policies in its exercise for human resource audit.
• Analyzing the Job for developing effective selection techniques is essential for guidelines provided for professionally and legally.
• poor selection may lead to a waste of valued time, financial losses, low self-esteem among the staff and a general drop in the company efficiency
• At Florida Corrections and rehabilitation, recruitment processes starts when an applicant accesses Florida Corrections and rehabilitation online job application facility.
• The interview technique is the mostly used by Florida Corrections and rehabilitation in the selection process although multiple selection procedures should be used if the process is to be more effective with fewer inaccuracies.

Literature on HR Best Practices in U.S. Public Agencies

• Best HR practices are important for any organization to attain its goals.
• One of best practices involved is the acquisition of talents based on their business and invention roadmaps.
• HR best practice is about having an elaborate recruitment strategy.
• An organization that has an effective and well outlined procedure for staff recruitment picks exact talent fit for the organization.
• Social networking sites have surged in the recent past and provide a platform for recruitment of potential job applicant.
• one of the reasons why organization and job seekers may opt to use a social site can be; an organization may think that, by connecting online, it will have access to a wider pool of talent, on the job hunters side is that, he or she may believe in strengthening their social capital and association.

Strategic Recommendations and Conclusion

• FCR can benefit greatly by recognizing strategies that establish a ground for future organization improvement and growth.
• The first strategy is embracing online social networking sites.
• FCR should recognize incorporating experienced and successful corrections personnel by forming outreach program.
• FCR should encourage volunteers and volunteer programs in Corrections facility.
• By appreciating the role of EEOC, FCR will influence diversity and promote cohesion within its culture
• HR practices when applied effectively in an organization can aid in establishing a positive change.
• Besides, HR practices such as HR planning, performance appraisal, 360 feedback mechanism and rewards schemes can contribute to employee’s motivation in Florida Correction and Rehabilitation and in organization which aims at embracing staff welfares similarly improving organizations output.

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