Bernard Marr adresses a topic recently discussed in com 101 class concerning the importance of the different departments ( Operations, Finance, Human resources etc) to a company. Bernard Marr agues in his article, Why We No Longer Need HR Departments, that there is no loner a place for Human resources. His main reasons are that humans shouldn’t be referred to or treated as resources and that the job contradicts itself because they are there to support employees and at the same time help the employers and authorities manage and discipline the employees.

I disagree with both of Bernard Marr’s reasons. Humans are resources to a company because they are only as valuable as what they contribute to the company and if someone else is able to do a better job, the current person is replaced. Human resources are very critical in areas such as the training and development of the workforce and ensuring employee satisfaction.

The absence of a Human resource team will mean that there there swill be no designated group to manage the performance and allocation of workers to different areas of the company and as a result, the company will be very inefficient.

Source: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131118060732-64875646-why-we-no-longer-need-hr-departments?trk=tod-posts-post1-psum