...IBIMA Publishing Journal of Human Resources Management Research http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/JHRMR/jhrmr.html Vol. 2011 (2011), Article ID 598896, 20 pages DOI: 10.5171/2011.598896 The Adoption of Strategic Human Resource Management Practices in Commercial Banks: The Process and Challenges in Kenya George O. Omondi1, Peterson Obara Magutu2, Cliff Ouko Onsongo3 and Linda A. Abong’o4 1 Department of Business Administration, School of Business, University of Nairobi, Nairobi - Kenya 2 Department of Management Science, University of Nairobi, Nairobi - Kenya 3 School of Business, Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology, Nairobi - Kenya 4 Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi - Kenya ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Developing an effective human resource system that is compatible with organizational strategy is critical for the functioning and success of an organization in the competitive business arena. The main objectives of the study were to establish the extent of adoption of strategic human resource management practices among commercial banks in Kenya; and to determine the factors that influence adoption of strategic human resource management practices by commercial banks in Kenya. The research questions were systematically generated from the objectives. In the data analysis, descriptive statistics and factor analysis were used to help draw comparisons and...
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...Human Resource Management: Airline Training Process Zachary H. Goble Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – World Wide MGMT 314: Human Resource Management ABSTRACT Human Resource Management plays an intricate role in airline and airport operations. In this paper, I will focus on the role that human resource management plays on the training of airline pilots, flight attendants, and airline and airport operation employees. I will use resources to research further into this topic, looking at case studies provided of particular airlines. Additionally, we will look at how well employees adapt to these changes, and whether or not this affects consumers for the positive or negative. Introduction The travel industry is growing at exponential rates, leaving a very competitive market for airlines. With this growth comes much change. Airlines and airports are focusing, now more than ever, on safety-sensitivity and an increase in technology used to conduct business. The airline industry is combined with information technology, tourism, engineering and continue to place a high focus on the aspects of the people and the human resource aspect. The purpose of this study is to look at the overall picture of human resource management as it relates to the people, employees and the customer in this fast paced environment with rapid growth. Aviation plays a crucial role in the way that individuals travel whether it is for school, work, or leisure. It is the responsibility...
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...nd H uman R esource Management: S etting t he S cene Ed van Sluijs & Frits Kluytmans MERIT Open University This article is based on a journey through the wilderness of strategic human resource management. Part 1 gives an overview of the recent literature on this topic, particularly pertaining to the two issues which received have most attention until now: the relational aspects and the content aspects. In part 2, we go deeper into the wilderness and explore the least known aspect of strategic human resource management, namely the process aspects. This exploration is based on the simultaneous study of the (scarce) literature and four cases. Finally, the connection between the three aspects is investigated. INTRODUCTION Increased integration between human resource management and business strategy is one of the most important demands that are placed upon modern strategic human resource management. In both the management and the academic literature, it is generally acknowledged that the strategic deployment and management of personnel can contribute to the success and continuity of the firm. Some go even further by stating that a firm’s human resources form the basis of the firm’s competitive advantage. In this view, the human resources are the most important assets of an organisation. At the same time, in addition to the importance of the human resources as such, it is believed to be important that the management of the human resources should be in perfect...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………..2 2.VARIOUS PHASES IN THE EMPLOYMENT PROCESS WITHIN PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY USING THE OPEN SYSTEMS DIAGRAM AND LINKING IT TO IMPALA-PETROLEUM……………………………………………………2 2.1 Job analysis and evaluation……………………………………………….3 2.1.1 Workforce Planning……………………………………………………3 2.1.2 Recruitment Phase………………………………………………………4 2.1.3 Selection and Training……………………………………………………4 2.1.4 Performance Management……………………………………………….5 2.1.5 Organisational Exit………………………………………………………..5 3. THE ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING PROCESS AND LINKING THE IMPACT OF THE THREE LEVELS OF BUSINESS PLANNING ON WORKFORCE PLANNING (REFERING TO IMPALA-PETROLEUM)…………6 4. BARRIERS TO IMPEMENTING AN EFECTIVE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN IMPALA-PETROLEUM………………………………………………………….8 5. RELATE STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TO PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AT IMPALA-PETROLEUM BY APPLYING A MODEL LINKING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TO PERFORMANCE……………10 5.1 Strategic human resource management………………………………………….10 5.1.1 Performance Management……………………………………………………..10 5.2 Theoretical and empirical problems in the linkage between human resources management and performance…………………………………………………….11 5.3 A conceptual model in managing performance………………………………12 5.4 Key propositions of the model…………………………………………………13 5.5 Performance management at IMPALA-PETROLEUM…………………….14 6. CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………..15 7. REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………...
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...n Business Strategy and Human Resource Management: Setting the Scene Ed van Sluijs & Frits Kluytmans MERIT Open University This article is based on a journey through the wilderness of strategic human resource management. Part 1 gives an overview of the recent literature on this topic, particularly pertaining to the two issues which received have most attention until now: the relational aspects and the content aspects. In part 2, we go deeper into the wilderness and explore the least known aspect of strategic human resource management, namely the process aspects. This exploration is based on the simultaneous study of the (scarce) literature and four cases. Finally, the connection between the three aspects is investigated. INTRODUCTION Increased integration between human resource management and business strategy is one of the most important demands that are placed upon modern strategic human resource management. In both the management and the academic literature, it is generally acknowledged that the strategic deployment and management of personnel can contribute to the success and continuity of the firm. Some go even further by stating that a firm’s human resources form the basis of the firm’s competitive advantage. In this view, the human resources are the most important assets of an organisation. At the same time, in addition to the importance of the human resources as such, it is believed to be important that the management of the human resources should be in perfect fit...
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...CONCEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT – MBA MENTOR Human resource management means management of people at work. HRM is the process which binds people with organizations and helps both people and organization to achieve each others goal. Various policies, processes and practices are designed to help both employees and organization’s to achieve their goal. Human resource management is branch of management that deals with people at work, it is concerned with the human dimensions of management of the organization. As organization consists of people, therefore acquiring them, developing their skills, providing them motivation in order to attain higher goal and ensuring that the level of commitment is maintained are the important activities. Human resource constitutes of all the management decisions responsible for relationship between organization and employees. HRM is the field of management which plans, organizes, controls the functions of procurement, development, maintenance and utilization of the work force so that. 1. Organization goals can be accomplished. 2. Objectives of human resources can be accomplished 3. Objectives of society can be accomplished. According to Flippo, Human Resource Management is: "The planning, organizing, directing and controlling of the procurement, development, compensation, integration, maintenance and reproduction of human resources to the end that individual, organizational and societal objectives are accomplished" Human resource management...
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...from Personnel Management to Strategic Human Resource Management in Australia The management of people is ever-changing and extremely dynamic; it under goes sequential evolution with an organisations’ internal and external environments. Consequentially history has seen global Human Resource Management have considerable variation in its focus and practice. In Australia the history of Human Resource Management is said to have transformed over four stages; Pre 1940s Administration and welfare, 1940s – 1970s Personnel Management, 1970s – 2000 Human Resource Management (and, from about 1985, Strategic HRM) and the current era expected to be a mix of Strategic and International Human Resource Management. The transition from stage two to three was seen as a somewhat paramount movement in Human Resource Management as it harboured the link between Personnel Management and Strategic Management. This has become an extremely important concept in the management environment today. Human resource planning, recruitment, selection, performance appraisal and human resource development are five of the Human Resource processes which are vital to the success and of organisations and were influential during the transition between stages two and three of Human Resource Management history. These five dimensions were the catalysts of the forces that drove changes in Human Resource Management over the last quarter of the twentieth century. Human resource planning is the process by which an organisation...
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...lower case) Name Course Tutor Institution Abstract Human Resource Management is defined as the process of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization (Mondy, Noe, & Gowan, 2005). This is a central and strategic organizational activity but at the same time of increasing complexity and importance. It includes recruiting the right people for the job, orienting and training, planning personnel needs, managing wages and salaries, providing benefits and incentives, conducting job analyses, evaluating performance, communicating with all employees at all levels, and resolving disputes. Acquiring an overall view of Human Resource Management with respect to integrating new knowledge includes explanation and examples. I will review, present, and explain in this essay that in all companies, proper management of human resources is vital to being a successful business; human resources must be a critical department within the functional area of an organization. The basic purposes of this essay is to emphasis and culminate the principles of Human Resources Management by describing the application of the knowledge learned in the field of human resource management, with emphasis on six areas: EEO and Affirmative Action, Human Resources Planning, Recruitment, and Selection, Human Resources Development, Compensation and Benefits, Safety and Health, and Employee and Labor...
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...Human resource management plays an important role in any organization. The main function of human resource management is the managing of employees, however these functions can be positive and at the same time negative. In order to enrich any organization human resource management must utilize recruitment procedures. These procedures ensure that all employees are following directions also reminding the employees of the importance of the goals the company is striving for. Human resource management functions are to hire the appropriate skilled staff for the organization to obtain effective success. Hiring employees with top experience is the most important role of human resource management. One of the key elements of a successful management career is the ability to allure and hire employees who are effective and will be an asset to any organization. Some human resource management uses the HRP method, which is human resource planning to insure the organization have the right kind of staff for future services within the company. Human resource management goes through several processes in order to hire the right candidate for the job. Knowing the needs of the company makes it easier through the hiring process. First, the recruitment process begins by choosing the qualified candidates for a certain job. The job openings are of course offered to the employees already working within the company, then to the outside market. Second, the selection process takes place where the decision to...
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...Human Resources Management Abdul Rahman Hallab & Sons Human Resources Management Abdul Rahman Hallab & Sons [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.] Introduction Human Resource management is based in the efficient utilization of employees in achieving two main goals within a corporation or other type of organization. The first goal is to effectively make use of the talents and abilities of employees to achieve the operational objectives that are the ultimate aim of the organization. Along with realizing the goals of the organization, Human Resource management also seeks to ensure that the individual employee is satisfied with both the working environment and the compensation and benefits that he or she receives. [1] At times, the two main functions of Human Resource management (HRM) seem to be at odds with one another. There are certainly instances where it is impossible to arrive at solutions that are in line with both the aims of the company and the desires of the employee. When this happens, effective Human Resource management is faced with the task of finding a resolution that protects the interests of the company, but at the same time provides and acceptable level of satisfaction to the employee. This process can sometimes take a great deal of expertise on the...
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...Human resource management Table of Contents Introduction 3 Task 1 3 1.1 Distinguish between personnel management and human resource management (P1) 3 1.2 Assess the functions of human resource management of Tesco (P2) 4 1.3 Evaluate roles and responsibilities of the line mangers of Tesco (P3) 5 1.4 Analyze impact of the UK legal and regulatory framework on human resource management (P4) 5 Task 2 6 2.1 Analyze the reasons for human resource planning for Tesco (P5) 6 2.2 Outline the stages involved in planning Tesco’s HR recruitments (P6) 6 2.3 Compare the recruitment and selection process of Tesco and Toyota (P7) 8 2.4 Evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment and selection techniques of Tesco and Toyota (P8) 8 Task 3 9 3.1 Assess the link between motivational theory and reward (P9) 9 3.2 Evaluate the process of job evaluation and other factors determining pay (P10) 9 3.3 Assess the effectiveness of reward systems in two different work contexts (P11) 10 3.4 Examine methods that being used by businesses to monitor employee performance (P12) 11 Task 4 11 4.1 Identify the reasons for cessation of employment with Tesco (P13) 11 4.2 Describe employee exit procedures of Tesco and Toyota (P14) 12 4.3 Consider the impact of the UK regulatory framework on employee cessation agreements of Tesco (P15) 12 Conclusion 12 Reference 13 Introduction Human resource management is way of directing and executing the workforces of the organization in...
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...INTRODUCTION Senior manager in organisations very often do not take into account the human resource perspective when planning the strategic direction of their organisation. Many human resource departments concentrate solely on the operational aspects of human resources. Very often there is too much thought of human resource techniques as ends in them rather than as needing to mesh with broader objectives in organisation terms. Strategic human resource management has been defined as: All those activities affecting the behaviour of individuals in their efforts to formulate and implement the strategic needs of the business (Schuler, 1992). The pattern of planned human resource deployments and activities intended to enable the firm to achieve its goals (Wright and McMahan, 1992) SHRM can be regarded as a general approach to the strategic management of human resources in accordance with the intentions of the organisation on the future direction it wants to take. It is concerned with longer-term people issues as part of the strategic management processes of the business. 1.2 The purpose of strategic human resource management is to ensure that organisational objectives are adopted that reflect the reality of human resource capability within an organisation and that human resources are managed in such a way that organisational objectives are met. The fundamental purpose of SHRM is to generate strategic capability by ensuring that the organisation has the skilled, committed...
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...Question 1 1.1 Human Resource Management as defined by Jones and George, 2003:365 “Human Resource Management includes activities that managers engage in to attract and retain employees and to ensure that they perform at a high level and contribute to the accomplishment of organisational goals”. Human Resource Management has been around has been (History of Human Resource Management) The current approach at Global enterprises consist a very administrative process of managing human relations at the organization. We note that the entire system used by global enterprises is basically outdated and completely technology less. Their process of employing staff to filling positions within the company seems to be handled across the board of supervisors per department alternative to the Human Resource department handling the entire process of staffing the organization. The process used currently makes not room for the actualization of the Human resource department or function rendering their services to almost no value. This shift form the Administrative look at the human resource department is imperative for the growth of Global Enterprises. In an technologically age we take note to the various programmes available to organizations the advancement of the Human Resource management, both technically and legislatively proves that there has been leaps and into the future of Human resource management and the application of HRM in today’s business. Global Enterprises...
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...Contents Introduction in nawaloka construction Nawaloka Construction Company is a truly Sri Lankan construction organization that could offer multi-disciplinary service to suit your requirements and which has been in existence for over 65 years. It has the Category M1 for Building Works and Highways in the ICTAD Grading and is a Member of the NCCASL. It has the capacity to handle any type of construction work namely Piling Work of any magnitude, High rise Buildings & Factory Buildings, Land Development & Irrigation Works, Roads & Bridges, Water Supply Schemes & Elevated Water Tanks etc. It has a qualified and experienced staff in-house and the construction sites are well supervised and managed until the projects are completed. It has always met the requirements of the Clients and the Consultants and has proven it by completing the Projects on time to their entire satisfaction. The year was 1942, a turbulent period, the second world war was raging in Europe, the country under British occupation, industry in the modern sense was virtually non existent, the local entrepreneur class in a formative stage. This was the prevailing atmosphere when Deshamanya H.K. Dharmadasa made his entry in to the field of business in Sri Lanka. Nawaloka Timber Stores came into being and very soon made a household name in the country. Under his able stewardship and also with the assistance of his two sons, Nawaloka has grown into a group of companies covering many fields including...
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...INTRODUCTION Human resources planning is a process that identifies current and future human resources needs for an organization to achieve its goals. Human resources planning should serve as a link between human resources management and the overall strategic plan of an organization. Aging worker populations in most western countries and growing demands for qualified workers in developing economies have underscored the importance of effective Human Resources Planning .As defined by Bulla and Scott, human resource planning is ‘the process for ensuring that the human resource requirements of an organization are identified and plans are made for satisfying those requirements’. Reilly defined workforce planning as: ‘A process in which an organization attempts to estimate the demand for labour and evaluate the size, nature and sources of supply which will be required to meet the demand. Human resource planning includes creating an employer brand, retention strategy, absence management strategy, flexibility strategy, talent management strategy, recruitment and selection strategy. Human resource planning aims at fulfilling the objectives of manpower requirement. It helps to mobilize the recruited resources for the productive activities. The human resource planning is and important process aiming to link business strategy and its operation. The planning processes of most best practice organizations not only define what will be accomplished within a given time-frame, but also the numbers...
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