Human resources management functions and job analysis study in a company

Today, companies are increasingly delegating their traditional functions to professional companies and service organizations. Especially, increasing international competition is forcing organizations to get services from outside. In addition to cost savings, the main reason for companies to do this is to strengthen their competitive advantage by using the resources for their main functions. This, receiving several services from other organizations, is named as ?outsourcing?.Outsourcing usually includes functions other than an organization?s main function and none to limited-value-adding functions. This strategy was widely accepted in turkey during 90ies and as a result, outsourcing trend has been widened.This situation has brought much technical and legal debate and caused some legal actions. As a result, separation of main function/auxiliary function is implemented as a critical criterion in new Labor Law published in June 10, 2003. However, poorly defined criteria in Law have potential risk for any outsourcing company.This thesis is prepared as a result of research, data collection and analysis in a glassware manufacturing company established in Kutahya. Several additions and some extra analyses are performed on the collected data and with this, thesis is finalized.This thesis would be a good source for academic and business staff. It has many clues and key factors for practitioners and managers who would want to define the main and auxiliary functions in their companies in accordance with the Law. It has an added value for academic staff especially in subject of ?outsourcing, contractor, outsourcing criteria and main function/auxiliary function separation?.Key Words: Human Resources, Human Resources Functions, Human Resources Management, Contractor, Outsourcing, Outsourcing Company, Main Function, Auxiliary Function, Job Analysis, Labor Law, High value Addng Function, Value Adding Function, Limite Value Adding Function, No Value Adding Function.