What are five activities that are traditionally associated with HR departments and describe the nature of the responsibilities associated with each.

That's a fairly in-depth question for our limited space,
so let me get you started with a general outline of ideas.  Human Resources focuses on
dealing with the personnel and personnel management of a company, and this in and of
itself covers a lot of ground.  Some say this is what makes HR so interesting, in that
they get to do a lot of different kinds of work.

Some roles
of HR to consider:

1)  Hiring Procedures and
Practices - assembling hiring teams, monitoring the following of legal
and company policies when it comes to hiring and firing.

2)
Behavior Management - Monitoring and enforcement of company
policy as it pertains to employee conduct or relations

3) 
Training and Development - Conducting training sessions for
personnel to make them aware of company policies and procedures on topics ranging from
sexual harassment to gender and racial equity, to the appropriate use of business email,
cell phones etc.

4) Exit
Interviews - for retiring or resigning personnel in order to gain a
critical assessment of the company's HR and workplace
practices

5)  Benefits, wages and retirement
management - HR is usually where you go when signing up for benefits or
placement on a salary schedule, etc.