Indicators of HR Need for Start-ups and SME Organisations

Indicators of  "Your HR Department" Need.... Here are some of the Indicators that help you to  understand the  necessity of  HR Department for your Organization. We discuss below, some of the areas of focus, from HR point of view 

HR Challenges of Start-ups, Small & Medium Organisations ( Click the image to expand )

Start-ups: 

      Starting with Difference : You started your Organization and would like to invite best of the breed of the  professionals or when you wanted to tell the potential employees about your seriousness on People you hire. This works as a very clear focus on People and their contribution to build your organization. Do not hesitate, take that first step and setup HR Function..  At this stage you do not need a full fledged HR department, just dial “HUSYS"  for solution.

Getting the First Few & People Complexities beyond Founders : The most critical is  your first few.  If you are able to retain one among the first few batches of 5 and keep growing, you are in a right direction.  You would have somebody who can bring your cultural and business values with you... The change can be brought with a focus on HR. 

Double Digit Dhamaka & If You hit 10+ people team: Each person is different and applies  different set of views and experiences.  Their understanding about organization would change the entire dynamics internally. Hence it’s the toughest state where you consistently instill the core value of your organization with multiplying team members. The more experienced you bring in, the more dynamics in managing change.  

       Growing "Small Enterprises" :

You would be forced to setup a Kind of HR Function, if you missed the first stage of building HR Systems during less than 20 people size. 

I-When you don't have one : Your focus on people’s  challenges would increase with the number of people increasing. The complexities related to the Statutory compliance starts when you hit the double digit numbers. If there is a growth in your time handling people issues would be an indication for Sign HR. 

II-When You invested in HR but you have become the HR Coordinator/Manager/Head-HR : Your first baby steps in HR is generally trying to hire a junior/fresh resource or having your own "known" confidant taking care of HR related issues. Incidentally if you think you are playing the role of HR Head and monitoring that team would be an indication for you to look for a proper HR solutions. However, you end up working for the team you built - HR Coordinator/Manager/Head !!!.

III. Any time at this stage you are spending more than 20% of your time in People Issues: Finally, one indication,  if your day starts and ends with People related issues. If you have built an HR department and more than 20% of your productive business time is invested in people issues, you need to wake up and standby for your HR health. 

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Medium Enterprises :

The Growth to the  next level always is focused on business expansion and hiring of resources on need based. The moment you touch the 100+ people team you would not know the last person in the system.   

Changes in HR Department: If you have noticed that the HR Team is shuffling and every new entrant coming up with new ideas every time. You have a challenge in consistent implementation of the policies and also maturity of your processes. Watch out for "I have everything in HR Department" may require a quick look at this stage.    

No Clear 2nd Line of HR after the CEO : The indication of somebody not being there with you in your strategic thinking is obvious that you need to have a clear plan for People related challenges. 

   To know more about ‘how to setup HR Function for your startup’ visit : www.husys.net/grow.pdf 

If you are with 20+ employees and would list to setup your HR Department Call : 91-9948078937 : reach@husys.net (www.husys.net/reachus.htm)

About Husys: 

Husys - HR Function Management Company( www.husys.net ) is striving to build HR Department for Start-up, Small and Medium businesses since 2002. Husys strive to help in managing to stream line the  change that organizations go through during their growth phase. Husys addresses the key Human related issues to support organizational  Growth. We integrate the Hiring, Inducting, Performance Measurement, Policies, Employee Bonding and Development. We truly live our vision : "Synergizing Human Potential for Business & Society".