Why is it important to manage human resources?

How do project managers manage human resources?

• Answer:

  The primary purpose of project human resource management is to obtain, develop, and manage the project team that will perform the actual project work. Project human resource management includes the following components: 1. Develop human resources plan - Identify project roles, responsibilities for each role, and reporting relationships among the roles. Also, create the staff management plan that describes when and how the resource requirements will be met. 2. Acquire project team - Obtain the human resources needed to work on the project. 3. Develop project team. Improve the competencies of the team members and the interaction among members to optimize the team performance. 4. Manage project team - Track the performance of team members, provide them with feedback, and resolve issues and conflicts. This should all be done with the goal to enhance performance i.e., to complete the project on time and within the planned cost and scope. There should be no favoritism or partiality while resolving conflicts. For a set of articles on the topic, check the link below (on the side).