Question - Select a sector of your interest and identify HRM functions for a start-up

firm.

Sector - Event Management

A Human Resource representative is responsible for making sure every process is properly
documented and handled. The HR team should support employee rights while also making sure the
company is protected in personnel issues.

The HR team monitors safety for the set up staff to ensure people are safe and adequately
compensated. They also support sales and administrative staff to ensure they have the training and
facilities required.

While the basic HR functions exist in all industries and companies, there are some specifics that
apply to the Event Management category:

Staffing

It is necessary to make sure that we place the correct staff in time for the event. This takes a
considerable amount of time and advance scheduling to hire people with appropriate experience,
clearances, and training. Events will typically need a dedicated manager as well as finance, logistics
and technical staff. Depending on the scale and type of the event, it may also be necessary to hire
security, catering and administrative staff as well as ushers and attendants. Whether staff are casual,
permanent, temporary or fixed-term, it will be necessary to ensure they have proper contracts, get
compensated on time, and understand HR policies and procedures relating to their employment, health
and safety and the running of the event.

Volunteers must be treated equally alongside paid staff and must have access to all the same kind of
induction, assessment, training and health and safety measures.

Physical Limitations

There are some positions in the event and conference planning field that are physically demanding,
especially lifting and carrying heavy weights. There is often an excessive amount of walking if the
facility is large. The HR team must make appropriate plans to ensure employees have the physical
strength to handle the requirements of their job while also making sure adequate accommodations are
made for individuals with reasonable limitations.

Safety

This is of utmost importance as there may be equipment guidelines to take into account including
documentation procedures for any injuries or mishaps that may occur. Human resources professionals
will need to ensure that effective processes are in place, and that risk assessments have been carried
out along with training, assessment of working hours, individual working, and other welfare aspects
of employees working the event.

However large or small an event is, Human Resources plays a vital role in the success of the occasion.
It is often underestimated how much people power is needed to organise an event and the many
factors to consider to put together and execute an event. Although most companies have an HR
division, human resource professionals need to ensure the above-mentioned specific considerations
that are unique to the Event Management industry, are executed appropriately.