Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE

INTRODUCTION

Rationale of the Study

Managing the paperwork is one of the toughest things a new human resource manager has to learn the first couple of years in the human resource department. Memos, directives, faculty and staff development forms, administration staff and personnel forms, work requests, and general FYI (For Your Information) papers can really accumulate if they are not organized and handled with efficiency. This does not even take into account the additional faculty work that must be graded, evaluated, recorded, and passed back to the faculty. According to some surveys, during the course of just one school year, the average HR manager will have to handle more than ten thousand faculty papers.

The educational reforms of the past twenty years have been blamed for placing an intolerable burden on HR managers and it is no wonder that this is cited as one of the main reasons for quitting. Record keeping and administration is often time-consuming and repetitive and many see it as detracting from the HR manager’s real purpose to manage. The fact remains however, that like other professionals, HR managers have to document progress, write plans, and keep accurate records, as well as keep up to date with educational policy not only in a single department but all throughout the school campus.

There are informational requirements at various levels. The personnel from the administrative body want to know how well a school is performing and that can only be measured by gathering statistics. The HR department inspects and regulates different departments and colleges and shares the results with the public to allow the administrative body to make informed decisions. They also identify good practice in specific areas of provision in those departments and colleges that