Human resource management is a rather broad field made up of numerous different topics within it. All decisions that have to do with the company's workforce or that affect it in some way have something to do with the human resources management function. An organization's human resources consist of all the people who carry out its activities. During the time an HR manager works in a company, their jobs are constantly changing. Line managers; they typically spend half of their scheduled work hours performing human resources-related tasks such as hiring, evaluating, disciplining, and scheduling employees. Human resource management specialists in the HRM department assist organizations in all activities associated with personnel selection and maintaining an effective workforce. The main responsibilities of human resource management include job design and analysis, training and development, recruitment, compensation, team building, performance management and evaluation, health and safety issues of workers, as well as the identification or development of valid methods for personnel selection. (Rao, Narayana). Human resource management has an overwhelming majority of topics to talk about. You can apply many of the lessons learned in your daily life, both at school and in your work environment. An important topic is employee benefits, these benefits are essential for businesses because they give employees a reason to stay and continue working in your company. I have worked for numerous companies or companies that offered many different types of benefits. Employee benefits are determined by the company, small businesses have little to no benefits, while larger companies have more. For most teenagers who have a job or are looking for work are not entitled to employee benefits because you have to be full… middle of paper… I was little because my grandparents were pastors. It began as a small church on a hill in Pelham, but over the years the church established a strategic plan. They would set aside a certain percentage to add parts to the church such as a gymnasium, a nursery and an outdoor playground for that nursery. It wasn't something that happened overnight, it took years of budgeting. I also found it nice to see some of the church members get together and have a financial meeting. In this financial meeting they discussed things like turning the daycare center into an elementary school by adding a second floor, budgeting for bills, setting aside money for mission trips, and how much their employees make since it's also considered a school. Human resource management directs its efforts to match the desires of the company with the desires and development of the employees.