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Entrepreneurship is a process that entails identifying and pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities in order to generate profits while meeting the needs and demands of customers. Actually, entrepreneurs are considered as people who identify and pursue entrepreneurial opportunities, which are situations through which products and/or services can be sold to customers for a higher price than the production costs. In the modern business environment, there are numerous entrepreneurial opportunities that can make profitable ventures. An example of such opportunities is in the human resource field, which plays an important role in the modern workforce. Human resource consulting is a suitable entrepreneurial opportunity because independent HR consultants continue to play a vital role in the American workforce. This paper focuses on the development of an HR consulting business, which is an existing opportunity in the modern business environment.
The Entrepreneurial Opportunity of HR Consulting
HR consulting is an existing entrepreneurial opportunity brought by the fact that independent consultants continue to play a crucial in the American workforce. While technological advancements have made it easier for any individual to become consultants, there is still a great need for good consultants in the human resource field. The need for good HR consultants is attributable to the increased significance for enhanced HRM competence (Zotto & Gustafsson, 2007). The increased changes in the business environment have contributed to intense competition...
Globalization and the rapid technological developments have changed the business landscape and the management of the workforce. These developments and trends have generated demands for better human resource management practices in order to enhance workforce contributions and productivity.
Business organizations are increasing looking for better HRM competence in order to enhance the
productivity of their workforce. These demands have in turn created an entrepreneurial opportunity in HR consulting. HR consulting is one of the ways for improving human resource management competence and practices of these organizations. Zotto & Gustafsson (2007) state that external HR consultants help businesses obtain HRM competence to manage their
employees accordingly. Given the demand for enhanced HRM competence, HR consulting is an entrepreneurial opportunity that can be pursued into a profitable business venture for the
entrepreneur. In this case, HR consulting firms offer various services to help business organizations with the various human resource functions (Friend, n.d.). This assistance contributes to enhancing the organizations' HRM competence and workforce management practices for improved contributions and productivity of employees.
Strategies for Exploiting the HR Consulting Opportunity
The process of starting an HR consulting business requires the development and use of suitable strategies for exploiting such an opportunity.…
