helping to prepare job advertisements and job descriptions for new posts, and helping to organise the interview process. They are also involved in the induction of new employees where they are introduced to the company, and aspects of the job they will be doing as well as essential requirements such as health and safety training. Once the business has an employee they the help out with the training and development, training focuses on the needs of the organisation whereas development is more concerned with identifying and meeting the needs of individual employees. And they organise the appraisal process to identify development needs of employees. Additionally, they represent the organisation as a go between on disciplinary issues e.g. when a worker has continuously been late for work. Dismissing and making workers redundant where necessary. Not only this but they manage payment systems, although this will probably be the responsibility of a separate payroll section and take responsibility for the motivation of employees by outlining motivational work practices. Lastly, they organise the termination of work, and retirement of employees, as well as job redundancies where