Audit of human resources as a business process

Abstract

Auditing is a practice of vital social and economic importance for every company. It is an instrument that organizations have at their disposal in order to generate information that let managers make appropriate decisions based on real facts; therefore, auditing is an improvement mechanism or tool capable of generating information. The importance of this tool relies on the relevance that a company gives to the human capital, knowing that the staff is the most valuable capital and therefore organizations need to really know their people, how is their performance, how they are continuously changing and what practices are helping to their improvement, or on the contrary, making it more difficult. To get to know that, the Human Resources audit is a valid instrument that must be strategically developed as a method of analysis that shows significant results, both failures and successes in all Human Resources processes in order to determine, in a near future, proposals to improve procedures. Currently, this practice is not often applied, not with the frequency that is required. The human resources department should always be aware that it role within a company is vital, since it manages personnel and is always seen as the model department of the company, with the best practices and processes. This area should also realize that the audit process could have a strong educational impact, since it allows relating the quality of human resources management and the various efficiency indicators of the company. This process also helps to show indicators such as the quality of leadership, motivation at work, deficiency of supervision, continuous growth and employee development.