Human Resource Management Issues in Media Organizations
INTRODUCTION
Media sector (Print, Online and Broadcast) in India is gaining popularity. If we see in the recent years many news channels has come up, we can say that the face of Indian media is changing. This might be the reason that journalism as a profession which was once not considered as an attractive alternative is becoming more and more alluring to many people. The growing awareness about the profession also raises various questions like - What is the working environment in a typical media organization like? How is the professional and personal life of a journalist related? Is the work profile very demanding and employees have to work under specific deadlines? Is there gender bias? We have tried to capture all these issues and lot more in this report. This report is about the life of a Journalist and various HR issues in a media organization.
The HR issues discussed are based on the literary review of various texts and are also based on the discussions with Journalist. The discussions basically focus on how a journalist perceives his/her job and various other questions like – Why did they have chosen journalism as a career option? Do they find the work creative or mechanistic? Is your work intellectually satisfying? We have analysed many of these issues asked during the discussions on the parameters nature of journalist work, checking of output, work schedule, compensation parameters, and gender related issues. Analysis is based on open source literature available on media organization and on HR issues in these organizations. Based on these we have tried to come on a conclusion on these issues.
REVIEW OF OPEN SOURCE LITERATURE
The profession of journalism is defined and bounded by the following factors:
1. The fundamental work task and cultural and social aspects of journalistic work and those of adjacent occupational groups in professional work systems. (Work systems are constellations of relate task and various occupational
Media sector (Print, Online and Broadcast) in India is gaining popularity. If we see in the recent years many news channels has come up, we can say that the face of Indian media is changing. This might be the reason that journalism as a profession which was once not considered as an attractive alternative is becoming more and more alluring to many people. The growing awareness about the profession also raises various questions like - What is the working environment in a typical media organization like? How is the professional and personal life of a journalist related? Is the work profile very demanding and employees have to work under specific deadlines? Is there gender bias? We have tried to capture all these issues and lot more in this report. This report is about the life of a Journalist and various HR issues in a media organization.
The HR issues discussed are based on the literary review of various texts and are also based on the discussions with Journalist. The discussions basically focus on how a journalist perceives his/her job and various other questions like – Why did they have chosen journalism as a career option? Do they find the work creative or mechanistic? Is your work intellectually satisfying? We have analysed many of these issues asked during the discussions on the parameters nature of journalist work, checking of output, work schedule, compensation parameters, and gender related issues. Analysis is based on open source literature available on media organization and on HR issues in these organizations. Based on these we have tried to come on a conclusion on these issues.
REVIEW OF OPEN SOURCE LITERATURE
The profession of journalism is defined and bounded by the following factors:
1. The fundamental work task and cultural and social aspects of journalistic work and those of adjacent occupational groups in professional work systems. (Work systems are constellations of relate task and various occupational