...Development (HRD) practitioners are primarily responsible for employee development there is a need for them to become more highly skilled to ensure that their practice meets the changing needs of organisations. Formal educational programs in the practice of HRD provide a way of assisting practitioners to acquire the skills they now need for effective practice. The design of such programs, however, is problematic given the emergent and cross-disciplinary nature of the ® eld. This paper surfaces some of the challenges associated with program design for the development of HRD practitioners, drawing from discussions in, and pro® ling research from, the HRD literature. The ® nal section of the paper proposes several key areas that need to be addressed in preparatory programs for HRD practitioners. edged, for the purposes of this paper those working in organisations with positional labels including enterprise trainer, training of® cer, trainer and developer, learning strategist or consultant, performance developer, organisational developer and staff development of® cer are being collapsed into one occupational category. All of these labels have been or are being used in organisations and in the literature to designate those whose primary work is to improve performance in organisational settings through fostering learning (Mulder, 1992). The paper also uses the term Human Resource Development as an umbrella term to describe the work of such practitioners. It therefore considers HRD practice...
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...Managing Human Resources HRD, Performance and Reward Management The current Coles regional store manager is currently underperforming in the role the company has assigned for them. As this position of regional store manager plays a key role in Coles achieving its organisational objectives through inspiring, engaging and leading a team of staff to embrace and demonstrate the above values. (Nanverkis, Baird, Coffey, & Shields, 2014) Suggest that human resources should review an organisations strategic direction before selecting recruits. All positions should be reviewed and aligned with the corporate strategy to ensure corporate goals are achieved. Human resource management is one of the most essential departments of an organisations success. The overall goal of this management team is to make sure that the organisations relations with their employees are satisfied. This includes attracting, developing and maintaining a quality workforce and developing performance objectives (Schermerhorn, et al., 2014). The human resource department is investigating one of the current regional manager’s performances. Reports have indicated that the regional manager is underperforming. Underperforming employee’s need to be addressed and handled by the organisation. Detailing several issues will help realign the employee with the organisations goals. The issues being addressed will actively engage and offer recommendations in assisting the regional store manager to effectively perform...
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...A CLOSE ALIGNMENT OF ORGANIZATION STRATEGY WITH HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (HRD), AS A WAY TO IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE There is increased need of human resources development to meet today’s organizations’ needs, which are ever changing due to globalization that has resulted into more competition in the global markets (Garavan, Heraty, & Barnicle, 2002). According to Hyland (2005), human resource development (HRD) refers to the process of enhancing human resource capability through strategies and development, organization development and career development in order to boost their performance, which in turn boosts an organization’s performance. Therefore, HRD functions can be described as a set of organized and systematic activities, which are planned to provide opportunities to an organization’s members to acquire skills necessary for meeting their present and future job requirements (Chien-Chi & Gary, 2008). In today’s competitive markets and ever changing external environmental factors, HRD has become of great importance since it ensures productive and successful management (Du Plessis, Nel, Struthers, Robins, & Williams, 2007). Many organizations have therefore adopted the strategy of integrating their organization’s strategy into their HRD functions (Schuler, 1992), in addressing the changing external environment. Hyland defines organizational strategy as a plan of activities that an organization needs to undertake in order to meet...
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...The Elliott & Fitch Shopping Emporium - Case Study Briefing Sheet for the HRD assignment 2 Name: XXXX ID:XXXX Refurnishing HR Decision For E&F Being back to the top in the industry seemed to the truth after a great effort in the transmission of company since the bad time in the early 1990s, however, E&F was not smart enough to merely adopt a cost-leadership HR strategy to make a reality of expansion in the Northwest. Now, like many companies who were blind in sweeping cost-cut approach E&F had no choice but seek to make something up (House & Hanges, 2000, pp4.). Following is the introduction of supporting theory behind the case, then before drawing a creative HRD plan, I will give the main reason and consequence of problems in the case. By doing this, I will offer two possible plans and compare them, which will finally lead to the conclusion. 1. Relevant Theory 1.1 Porter’s theory is not the unassailable First of all, it is essential to understand why a single HR usually caused several subsequent effects. It is very clear seem from the case that, in order to get capital to set up E&F’s expansion business plan, E&F’s HR strategy had to be put into harmony with company’s business’s strategy-cost leadership (Brewster & Harris, 2007, pp5-7). After Michael Porter promoted his generic strategy that involved two main parts: differentiation strategy and cost leadership strategy, in several decades had he been denounced about the loopholes...
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...SHEET Surname Naidoo Krishan First Name/s Student Number 134412 HRD Subject 2 Assignment Number Philip De Kock Tutor’s Name Nelspruit Examination Venue Date Submitted 15/04/2016 x Submission (√) First Submission .resubmission PO Box 1014 Postal Address E-Mail Lydenburg 1120 Knaidoo6@oldmutual.com (Work) 013 759 1772 (Home) Contact Numbers Course/Intake (Cell) 076 728 7268 PGDBM January 2016 Intake Declaration: I hereby declare that the assignment submitted is an original piece of work produced by myself. Signature: K.Naidoo Date: 15/04/2016 3 Table of contents 1. Assignment questions 2. Answers 3. Bibliography 4 QUESTION 1 (50) Individuals and organisations are entering an era where adapting to a developing learning society and a knowledge economy forge the way for many organisations. In the case above, Finland has realised the benefits of a knowledge-based economy. Bearing this in mind: 1.1 Critically discuss how effective HRD practices and an effective HRD strategy in the workplace can provide the levers of control for the future of a growing knowledge-economy in countries like South Africa, Russia and the country in which you reside. (30) 1.2 Discuss the impact of linking HRD to the key strategic drivers of an organisation’s macro- and micro-environment in order to deliver the advantageous returns of HRD. (20) QUESTION 2 (50) In the case of South Africa, which is a developing...
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...affected, the volume of trade, and the rate of growth are far greater than in any previous phase’ (Stark, 2005). ‘Inevitably globalization is having a huge impact on the role, nature, and purpose of HRD in organizations of all sizes and sectors across the world’ (2009, David Mankin), Globalization is the characteristic of New Economy, it provide a broader opportunities to new economy development. As an organization, employers must consider a strategic process to compete with other competitors and survive under globalization underground. Organisation need ever-improving performance to survive and prosper in today’s competitive world: individual and organisational performance improvements are the keys to competitive advantages. (Raymond J.Stone 2008). A formal planning procedure and a right position in the competitive arena have been seen as the main strategic concerns of the top management. (Mikko Luoma, 2000). With the time passed from the early days of strategic management, there are some evolution has taken place in strategy (Mikko Luoma, 2000). As David Mankin mentioned in his book ‘strategy is often described as a process involving a series of steps or phases involving: analysis and planning, implementation; review. ‘(David Mankin 2009). As a central source of competitive advantage, HRD was defined as a set of intentional activities that increase a person’s skill, abilities, and/or knowledge, and direct them for a company’s benefit.(Luoma, 2000). A strategic approach to...
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...Relating Employee Engagement and HRD Climate: A Challenge for HR Professionals Abstract: In today’s competitive world, it has become imperative for organizations to nurture, develop and engage talent in the best possible manner. Employee engagement can be defined as the degree to which a person is emotionally attached with the organization. Employee engagement is strongly related to business outcomes. Greater the employee engagement; greater is the productivity of the organization. Hence, management consultants and practitioners are putting enormous efforts to augment the employee engagement among their employees. Also, a relationship exists between HRD climate and job satisfaction, organizational commitment and many other factors which ultimately results in engagement of employees in their work. The purpose of the study was to measure the employee engagement level and to study the relationship between employee engagement and HRD climate and impact of HRD climate on employee engagement in one of the leading digital e-commerce company in National Capital Region (NCR). OCTAPACE profile (Pareek, 2003) was used to measure the HRD climate. OCTAPACE measures eight dimensions of HRD climate viz. openness, collaboration, trust, pro-action, autonomy, authenticity, confrontation and experimentation. The study was conducted on 108 respondents. Data was analyzed using correlation and regression analysis in SPSS. The various dimensions of HRD climate were observed individually...
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...A business report on accounting Many companies across the world have introduced the business literacy program in their organisation in order to ensure to improve the performance within the organisation by means of pay per performance programs and it is very clear that the success of this program or even any other program is possible only once the employees are aware about the program and can work accordingly. Many big concerns like the Soft Drink Giant PepsiCo has been making use of Visual to conduct the learning program for their employees in order to initiate the success of the new ideas within the context of the company. Many leaders and managers in the company prefer to align the educational system and its offerings with the goals and objectives of the organisation which is not an easy task to do, so it is a must that communication initiates are reinforced along with proper training and education so that this will help the employee to understand the goals of the organisation very clearly and also develop their skills and motivate them to contribute and perform at their best. The leaders have to draw a clear picture by means of literacy programs in order to ensure that the employees are very clear and work form heart and soul and also for rewards obviously. Learning and its relationship to the Organisation Even if an organisation concludes that learning provides the answer to its further development it has to consider, not only the approach, but also how people learn in...
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...How Organizations Are Reacting to HRD Change Author Note How Organizations Are Reacting to HRD Change Change can be a difficult concept to rationalize, especially when it comes to organizational change. Just imagine that an organization or institution has been operated in a certain way for a long time and now all of a sudden there is a feeling that change is needed. There could be fight back coming from both leadership and employees. Sometimes people get into a comfort zone and they feel there is no need for change. This is especially evident if it is a common thought that the organization is doing well. So why would you need change if you feel you are doing well? The main reason is that pressure from increasing competition, globalization, technological developments, and other forces has created an environment that rewards organizations that are capable of identifying trends and issues and responding quickly to them (Werner & DeSimone, 2012). With this thought, it is imperative that organizations are able to make the changes necessary to remain competitive and strive in challenging times. The important aspect of change is how the organization plans for the change. The organization needs to use planned interventions in order to ensure that the change is having the original positive impact. An intervention, or intervention strategy, can be thought of as the plan in which the organization intends to improve the organization and how it intends...
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...underlines or seeks to explain why Human Resource Development (HRD) is beneficial not only for the individual, but for the firm and the macro-economy. The extent to which firms undertake training is important in establishing the amount of support for human capital theory. During 2001 – 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported 81% of all Australian employers provided some training for their employees. Of all employers, 79% provided unplanned or on-the-job training while 41% provided structured or specified content training. These statistics are evidence of employers approach in that training is seen as a necessity; but does management d understand the link between training and improved performance outcomes? Capital is a product that yields returns. Traditionally we associate this with investment funds, land or equipment. Taylorism emerged in the 1890’s and focused on applying science to the engineering process with a view to driving efficiencies by way of increasing productivity by refining processes or reducing inefficiencies via reduced wastage. It was not until the 1950’s that consideration was given that workers contributions could be recognised as capital. The fundamental principle underpinning HCT is the belief that peoples’ learning capabilities are of comparable value to other resources involved in the production of goods and services (Lucas 1988). There is no doubt that human capital and HRD are inextricably linked as is supported by a number of texts...
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...Shortfall of skilled submariners In our case, there is a shortfall of skilled submariners. We could analyze the problem in different levels. External factors: 1. Cost-cutting strategy in Australian Defense Force between 1990(Nineteen-ninety) and 2001, personnel numbers were cut from 95,000 to 45,000 2. Dangerous Nature job of submarine According to News Ltd newspapers reported, February 12, 2003 There was an accident happened on HMAS Dechaineux when 55 sailors were 20 seconds from sinking to the bottom of the ocean two years ago when the submarine was flooded off the coast of Perth. It began when water flooded into the submarine's lower engine room after a seawater hose failed as the Dechaineux was at its deepest diving depth. Dechaineux crew members managed to stop the flood and rescue Seaman Geordie Bunting from the engine room. Internal factors: - Inefficient submariners, three of the six 45-crew submariners are non-operational. - High requirements: Include: 1. High standard of physical fitness (as table show) most of them are not easy to achieve. 2. Technical skills and an unique mental resourcefulness: sailors in both technical skills and an unique mental resourcefulness that enable them to endure being submerged for months at a time in close quarters. 3. Personel charateristics: submariners must be introverted and extroverted, meaning they must be able to build a close-knit camaraderie with fellow crew members, as well as being able to cope mentally with...
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...‘Global shifts in the supply and demand for labor mean that organizations need to focus more heavily on attraction, retention and career development of staff in order to meet these challenges’- Discuss The present essay focuses on the strategic human resource management and global shifts in demand and supply of labor which almost all the companies are facing to have skilled personnel. This essay critically evaluates some of the issues related to SHRM, global shifts in the supply and demand for labor which is then linked to the attraction, retention and career development for employees which an Organization provides these days for having better workforce with in the company. To support the arguments in the essay, the evidence are taken from the published scholarly articles. In the beginning of the essay we understand the role of SHRM, issues related to shifts in global labor market and its impact on organizations where recruitment, retention and career development of staff have become major challenge to the companies. We can also understand how employer formulates the strategy or strategies to retain the skilled employees with in the company. The role of HR executives in the SHRM and Organizational Performance are raising needs for the business and in the next future the HR will play a vital task in achieving the competitive advantage of the company. One international review shows that HR needs to be strategically planned to achieve competitive advantage by being more amenable...
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...CQUniversity Australia | [Type the document title] | [Type the document subtitle] | | Sandeep Rauniyar | [Pick the date] | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Contents 1. Definition of outsourcing 3 2. Functions outsourced by HR 3 3. Advantages of outsourcing HR Functions 4 3.1 Managing and minimising risk 5 3.2 Cost Savings 5 3.3 Efficiency and economies of scale 5 3.4 Professional Expertise 5 3.5 Improved Employee Morale 6 4. Disadvantage 6 4.1 Poor Performance and decline in quality 6 4.2 Distance and lowering moral 6 4.3 Recruitment Problems 6 4.4 Leak of important internal information 6 4.5 Perceived loss of power and control 7 4.6 Increased Direct Costs 7 5. e-HRM 7 5.1 Objective of e-HRM 7 5.2 Advantages of e-HRM 8 5.3 Disadvantages of e-HRM 8 6. Conclusion and Advice to the Client 8 1. Definition of outsourcing The Human Resource department is considered to be one of the highly accredited departments of the organization; these are the people who provide the working resource to the company and keeping the company afloat even in the worst economic downtime. The best way in which the HR can be managed is decided by the HRD. The ways in which the human resource management is done has changed considerably in the recent...
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...Implementation of the Human Resource Development Strategy for South Africa ANDREW WILLIE BARTLETT 21936048 Mini-dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master’s degree in Development and Management at the Potchefstroom campus of the NorthWest University SUPERVISOR: MS LUNI VERMEULEN 2011 i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to hereby express my sincere gratitude and appreciation towards the following persons for their support and assistance throughout this study: My Heavenly Father who blessed me with the opportunity, ability and strength to try to make a difference through this study. My wife, Elaine, without whose support, encouragement and assistance this study would not have been possible. My children, Elandre and Jade, for their support and understanding; may this achievement motivate you in your studies and development. My personal mentor and supervisor, Ms Luni Vermeulen, for her highly professional guidance, motivation, continuous support and patience. To all the respondents at the various institutions for their participation and valuable contributions. Thank you very much for your selfless assistance. ii ABSTRACT In 2001 the first Human Resource Development Strategy of South Africa (HRDSA) was implemented. The lack of institutional arrangements, structures, procedures, processes and capacity and the location of the HRDSA, 2001, at both the then Departments of Education...
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...Newsletter for 11 Dec Delhi University: Colleges to deal with revaluation of FYUP courses: NEW DELHI: After decentralizing the evaluation process for the foundation and applied language courses under the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), the Delhi University administration has passed the responsibility of resolving discrepancies on to the colleges. Students will now have to submit their grievance applications at their colleges. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Delhi-University-Colleges-to-deal-with-revaluation-of-FYUP-courses/articleshow/27201840.cms Gujarat University: Students complain of out of syllabus questions: AHMEDABAD: Students appearing in their third-semester examination of Gujarat University's commerce faculty cried foul when they found that questions worth 10 marks were not from topics for study mentioned in the syllabus. This is the second such goof-up in Gujarat University's commerce faculty in recent days. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Gujarat-University-Students-complain-of-out-of-syllabus-questions/articleshow/27196821.cms M S University recognizes degrees of open, distance learning institutions: VADODARA: Departing from its convention and following a notification from the University Grants Commission (UGC), M S University (MSU) has decided to grant recognition to open and distance learning education programmes for admission to all courses, including the undergraduate, postgraduate as well as PhD...
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