Project Management Practitioner Lesson: Human Resources
The "Human" in Human Resource management may sound like a simple matter of managing the hiring of employees, implementing pay and benefits packages, firing, re-assignments, and usually new employee training if needed. And yet, that's the easy stuff. Oh yes, those are the straight forward tasks that anyone performs in the arena of Human Resources. But there is far more to this function than the name implies. Frankly, it can also be the source of great difficulty and consternation throughout the project lifecycle.