Counseling at Workplace: An Emerging Human Resource Management Practice

Employees are the strongest pillars of any organization. They can play an effective role in building any organization. However, sometimes antagonistic views, alleged reluctance, and angry protestations of the workers / employees may lead to the destruction of the whole infrastructure of any organization. There are no doubt many reasons of workers of not being able to perform up to the mark on personal, social, psychological, professional and interpersonal grounds. However, immediate and consistent counseling, guidance and mentoring can attract the anticipated attention of the employees. The present study throws lights on the concept, importance and the theoretical framework of counseling. It is an axiomatic truth that workers, if interested and motivated well, can bring forth prosperity and integrity in any organization. And, counseling is the very effective tool to invoke interest and motivation among employees. (Hassan Danial Aslam, Muhammad Badar Habib, Syed Usman Ali Gillani, Anum Siddique, Mehrdad Jalalian. Counseling at Workplace: An emerging Human Resource Management Practice. Journal of American Science 2012;8(2):650-654). (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.americanscience.org.