...well-known company on its reputation for holding on to its employees, which prevailed a high sense of job security. Regions Manufacturing Limited is in the challenge of overcoming the downturn in the industry which resulted in high production costs and goods were no longer competitive in the global market. A sustainability analysis had revealed that employee productivity is a key area highlighted for requiring major changes. Mr.Suresh Gunaweera is a Senior Supervisor in charge of the production output of machine number 1. Suresh had been working in this company for a period of 10 years.Suresh’s relationship with the team working with machine number 01 is not that healthy. Suresh being a disciplined person expects the same level of discipline and commitment from others. It was highlighted by two employees Nimal and Kamal had raised the issue that the reason for the low output of the team and the low quality are due to issues relating to the poor raw material and high machine downtime as the engineering staff is inefficient. Mr. Ruwan Balawardane is the HR Manager of the Regions Manufacturing Limited. All key issues related to Employee Relations in Regions Manufacturing is discussed in detail and elaborated in This Case. The case concludes with recommendations and suggestions as to how Mr.Suresh could make the relationship of his team healthy and productful. Problem Statement As you can read in the Case we could see that the estimated...
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...Summary 8 Chapter 1: Introduction 12 1.1 Background 12 1.2 Policy context 13 1.3 Rationale for the study 14 1.4 Research terms of reference and approach 14 1.5 Report structure 15 Chapter 2: Key Concepts from the Strategic HR Literature 17 2.1 Introduction 17 2.2 What is strategic HR? 17 2.3 From personnel management to strategic HRM 18 2.4 The impact of strategic HRM 21 2.5 The implementation of strategic HRM in the public sector 23 2.6 Key chapter findings 26 Chapter 3: The Developing Concept of Strategic HR in the Irish Civil Service 28 3.1 Introduction 28 3.2 Background to HR reform in the civil service 28 3.3 From policy to practice 31 3.4 Key chapter findings 33 Chapter 4: Strategic HR Practice in the Irish Civil Service 35 4.1 Introduction 35 4.2 Evidence of HR as a strategic partner 36 4.3 Evidence of HR as an administrative expert 45 4.4 Evidence of HR as an employee champion 49 4.5 Evidence of HR as a change agent 54 4.6 Key chapter findings 55 3 Chapter 5: Implementing Strategic HR Outside the Civil Service 57 5.1 Introduction 57 5.2 HR reform in Dublin City Council 57 5.3 HR...
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...Professional Maps cover the technical element of professional competence and behaviours required by HR professionals to carry out their activities. They describe what you need, what you need to know and how you need to do it within each professional area of the four bands of professional competence. It sets out comprehensively how HR adds the greatest sustained value to the organisation it operates in, now and future. There are two core areas to the map; Insights, Strategy and Solutions – Understand the organisation and its context and use these insights to tailor strategies and solutions to meet current and future organisational needs. HR professionals work to make these time independent. Leading HR – this area acts as role model leader, minimising the contribution that HR or your specialist function makes throughout the organisation. This can be done through your own efforts and through supporting, developing and measuring others across the organisation. There are 8 professional areas; Organisational Design - ensures the organisation is appropriately designed to deliver organisational objectives, both short and long term. Organisational Development - a systematic approach to improving organisational effectiveness, e.g. one that aligns strategy, people and processes. Resourcing and Talent Planning - ensure the organisation is able to identify and attract key people with capabilities to create competitive advantage, and that it actively manages an appropriate...
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...that refers that how all the aims and the objectives of the organization can be achieved through the people of the organization itself. It is a very critical approach of HRM. These objectives are realized by the employees of the organization, where each employee is given some objectives to achieve. Through this the employee also showcases his performance and thus grows.’ Two approaches of SHRM are: 1) Best Fit 2) Best Practice Discussing both here below, Best Fit Approach: takes into consideration all the circumstances that the organization is facing and hence create a best fit of strategies to best solve the problems. These circumstances that the approach takes into account could be internal as well as external to the organization. The people working in the organization become the center to the approach and it is these people that help is sort out the circumstances. The strategies thus developed under this approach focuses on the needs of the organization and the people. This approach is said to be important and one of the best practices because it keeps into consideration the hard as well as the softer aspects that make up any organization (People and policies/strategies). Through this approach the company gets to learn the things that shall be adopted and the things that shall not be. With this learning in place the organization can easily develop strategies best suited for them given the internal and the external conditions. A lot many HR practitioners have...
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...Resources We live in a world of explosive technological change and of intense global competition. More than ever before, these pressures are forcing organizations to become more effective and efficient. Top managers are beginning to realize that organizational success depends upon careful attention to human resources. Within today's business world the focus on human resources has increased tremendously in recent years. Companies have realized the importance of human resource to administer employers relations with employees. Such human resources services involve the recruitment for a company as well as over seeing benefit and compensation packages, temporary and permanent placement of qualified workers and ensuring training and future development are observed and meet the company's qualifications. Employment policies must take into account court decisions and legislations pertaining to a wide range of issues - age, race and disability discrimination; health and safety requirements, employment security, confidentiality; and sexual harassment, to name a few. Tyson suggests that the aim of the HR strategy process is concerned with devising ways of managing people, which will assist in the achievement of organizational objectives. Within these processes HR assists management in development and implementing policies, practices and philosophies to benefit the organization. Tyson recognizes that there is a lack of importance placed on the actual process that leads to...
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...Consulting LLP and Bersin by Deloitte Contents Introduction | 2 | 7 Global Human Capital Trends 2014 survey: Top 10 findings Lead and develop Leaders at all levels | 25 | 35 | | 45 55 Corporate learning redefined Performance management is broken The quest for workforce capability Attract and engage Talent acquisition revisited Beyond retention | 75 | | 87 97 | 65 From diversity to inclusion The overwhelmed employee Transform and reinvent The reskilled HR team | 107 | 117 Talent analytics in practice Race to the cloud | 127 The global and local HR function Editors | 145 | 146 | | 137 Acknowledgements Global Human Capital leaders Human Capital country leaders 147 | 148 Global Human Capital Trends 2014: Engaging the 21st-century workforce Introduction Engaging the 21st-century workforce S we begin 2014, global organizations have left the recession in the rear-view mirror and are positioning themselves aggressively for growth. Sluggishness has given way to expansion. Retrenchment has been replaced by investment. The need for caution has been superseded by the need to take action. Yet as the economic recovery takes hold, businesses realize that the workforce today has changed. Skills are scarce, workers have high expectations, and Millennials are now in charge. Enter the 21st-century workforce. The 21st-century workforce is global, highly connected, technology-savvy, and demanding. Its employees are youthful, ambitious, and filled with...
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...application has come in the wake of realization that the employees of an organization, individually and collectively, are the main contributors to the achievement of business objectives. The management of people hired by an organization involves employing people, designing and developing related resources and most importantly, utilizing and compensating their services to optimize business profitability via employee performance. Today, Human Resource Management operates in tune with other essential organizational requirements and co-exists with the topmost management cadre. Managing human resources within a company calls for a liaison between the organization's management personnel and the administration of the executive rungs. It thrives on the strength of the relationship between the management and workers of the company. Functions of Human Resource Management: Human Resource Management involves the development of a perfect blend between traditional administrative functions and the well-being of all employees within an organization. Employee retention ratio is directly proportionate to the manner in which the employees are treated, in return for their imparted skills and experience. A Human Resource Manager ideally empowers inter-departmental employee relationships and nurtures scope for down-the-rung employee communication at various levels. The field is a derivative of System Theory and Organizational Psychology. Human resources has earned a number of related interpretations...
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...RESPONSIBILITY ISSUE BRIEF AND ROADMAP REPORT FOR PREPARED BY: Coro Strandberg Principal, Strandberg Consulting MAY 2009 CSR and HR Management Issue Brief and Roadmap 2 ISSUE BRIEF AND ROADMAP OBJECTIVE • To understand the foundational elements that need to be in place to foster a high performance CSR (corporate social responsibility) organization and develop a framework or roadmap for firms wishing to become a high performing CSR organization. AT A GLANCE • Human resource professionals have a key role to play to help a company achieve its CSR objectives. Employee involvement is a critical success factor for CSR performance. Human resource managers have the tools and the opportunity to leverage employee commitment to, and engagement in, the firm’s CSR strategy. • High performing CSR organizations foster a culture of CSR and fully integrate CSR throughout their operations, rewarding and incentivizing CSR decisions and initiatives. • Employees prefer to work for organizations aligned with their values; thus, incorporating CSR into the employee brand can enhance recruitment and retention, particularly in tight labour markets. • CSR can be applied to the HR toolkit, resulting in a roadmap or pathway for human resource practitioners to follow who wish to contribute to the achievement of their organization’s sustainability and business aspirations, thereby improving social and environmental conditions locally and globally. CSR and HR Management Issue Brief and...
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...was implemented with the expectation that sales will improve. Each sales team consists of a sales person, product engineer, and customer service representative (Apollo Group, Inc., 2004). Riordan's managers have noticed that there is a decline in morale and work ethic. An annual employee survey indicated that employees are dissatisfied with the current reward system as well as benefits and overall satisfaction. The company is concerned that dissatisfied employees will find employment elsewhere. Riordan's President does not feel comfortable with changing the compensation system and the company has allocated $50,000 to hire an independent human resource (HR) consultant to analysis the issues in the employee survey. The HR consultant presented a proposal to redesign Riordan Manufacturing’s compensation and reward system which suggested a salary survey of the company's positions be conducted to determine current market positioning and adjust the salaries based on the results of the survey. The proposal also suggested developing an incentive system for sales and research and development based on the company's change to a CRM. Additionally, the proposal recommended a performance appraisal process be developed to ensure clearer alignment between business strategy and performance rewards (Apollo Group, Inc., 2004). Situation...
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...Long and short term issues evident in the case 4 3.1 – Jack’s career in context 4 3.2 – Evidence of emergent job dissatisfaction 5 3.3 – Team impact and tests for leadership 7 3.4 – Long term issues 7 3.0 Resolution pathways for the Branch Manager 8 4.5 - Team Leadership and trust – encouraging constructive interactions 8 4.6 - Addressing neglect behaviours 9 4.0 Considerations for senior management 10 5.7 – Strategic gap 11 5.8 - Articulating the business strategy layer 12 5.9 – Strategic HRM policies 13 5.0 Conclusion 14 6.0 References 15 APPENDIX 1 – Assumptions 16 a) Company assumptions 16 b) Jack White, Asset Manager and Dave Navarro, Branch Manager 16 c) Excerpt from the company’s organisation chart 17 APPENDIX 2 - SWOT Analysis 18 APPENDIX 3 - Marking Criteria 19 1.0 Introduction Performance management is an integral pursuit for successful companies, providing avenues by which employee motivation, commitment and satisfaction can be usefully articulated with the strategic goals of a business. Transparent, engaged and efficient performance management policies ultimately deliver better outcomes not only for the business and employees, but also for customers (McCune, 1989), adding further resonance to the significance of performance management within the...
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...Miss. Amnah Rahat Prepared by: Aimun Hannan, Ayesha Alvi and Hayfa Khan Due Date: 22nd March, 2011 Acknowledgement "We would like to thank our teacher, Miss Amnah Rahat for giving us this project and for her encouragement, advice and guidance. She has inspired us greatly to work on this project. We are highly indebted to our friends, for their support, as well as helping us in all the difficulties we faced. Finally we would like to express our gratitude and deepest thanks to our beloved parents, for there understanding and support for the completion of this project." Table of Contents 1. Executive summary………………………………………1 2. Introduction……………………………………………….2 3. Steps in developing the HR strategy of Saudi Snack Foods Ltd……………..…………………………………………….3 1. Recruitment and Selection…..……………………..3 2. Training and development…………………………4 3. Job analysis…………………………………………5 4. Job description and Job specification……………. 6 5. Job Design…………………………………………10 6. Appraisal Procedure………………………………11 7. Employee transfer…………………………………12 8. Hiring and Firing procedure………………………13 9. Employee's suspension of employment status/salary………………………………………..15 10. Policy guidelines and Legalization of employee status……………………………………………….16 11. Organizational chart……………………………….17 12. Personnel files custody, organization and review...18 13...
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...recent book by Haig R. Nalbantian, Richard A. Guzzo, Dave Kieffer and Jay Doherty, Play to Your Strengths: Managing your internal labour markets for lasting competitive advantage (New York: McGraw Hill, 2004). We are grateful to members of the CIPD Human Capital Working Party who provided input and advice: Greg Aitken, Head of Employee Research and Measurement, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Ron Collard, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Andrew Mayo, Director, Mayo Learning International Tim Miller, Group Head of Human Resources, Standard Chartered Bank Tony Palmer, Head of the Marple Partnership Vicky Wright, Partner, Human Capital, Ernst & Young Human capital reporting Human capital reporting: an internal perspective 3 Human capital reprting Contents Preface 4 Introduction 6 Step 1 – Setting human capital management in context 10 Step 2 – Getting started: gathering and collating the data 21 Step 3 – Measuring human capital: tools and methodologies 27 Step 4 – Reporting the data: from internal to external reporting 34 Step 5 – Developing a route map to human capital reporting 40 Case Studies 1 Engaging employees to drive business performance – Standard Chartered 44 2 The service–profit chain – Nationwide 48 3 Reporting a 'People P & L’ – RAC 51 4 Building a people strategy – MultiCo 54 5 Linking people to business...
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...workforce profile (numbers, skills, ages, flexibility, gender, experience, forecast capabilities, character, potential, etc. of existing employees) and then to adjust this for 1, 3 and 10 years ahead by amendments for normal turnover, planned staff movements, retirements, etc, in line with the business plan for the corresponding time frames. The result should be a series of crude supply situations as would be the outcome of present planning if left unmodified. (This, clearly, requires a great deal of information accretion, classification and statistical analysis as a subsidiary aspect of personnel management.) What future demands will be is only influenced in part by the forecast of the personnel manager, whose main task may well be to scrutinize and modify the crude predictions of other managers. Future staffing needs will derive from: • Sales and production forecasts • The effects of technological change on task needs • Variations in the efficiency, productivity, flexibility of labor as a result of training, work study, organizational...
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...+ Models ORGDYN-404; No. of Pages 9 Organizational Dynamics (2011) xxx, xxx—xxx a v a i l a b l e a t w w w. s c i e n c e d i r e c t . c o m journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/orgdyn Emerging HR management trends in India and the way forward Pawan S. Budhwar, Arup Varma INTRODUCTION Over the last decade or so, India has emerged as a major player on the global economic front. To a great extent, India’s enhanced global economic importance is due to the economic reforms that were initiated in 1991. The reforms have been instrumental in creating tremendous opportunities for businesses, in particular for foreign operators. Bodies like the World Bank predict that if India can sustain its economic growth over the next decade, then it is likely to become one of the leading economies of the world. Needless to say, there are many issues that still need urgent attention — among these, development of infrastructure, control over corruption and bureaucratic red tape, opening-up of key sectors for foreign investments, political and legal reforms, enhancing employable skills in new graduates, control over increasing poverty, internal and external security, and divestments in the public sector, etc. In addition, issues related to the management of human resources have become crucial for India’s sustained economic growth. The liberalization of economic policies calls for a switch from labor intensive to more capital-intensive methods of production, and thus requires organizations...
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...link to performance. ABSTRACT In today's hyper-competitive marketplace, understanding what fosters and forwards employee motivation--and, thus, organizational performance--is critical. Based on theories, studies, best practices, case studies and resources about motivation, this solutions-focused research article presents valuable information for the senior HR leader seeking competitive advantage. ********** Introduction In today's marketplace, where companies seek a competitive edge, motivation is key for talent retention and performance. No matter the economic environment, the goal is to create a workplace that is engaging and motivating, where employees want to stay, grow and contribute their knowledge, experience and expertise. Motivation is generally defined as the psychological forces that determine the direction of a person's level of effort, as well as a person's persistence in the face of obstacles. The direction of a person's behavior refers to the many possible actions that a person could engage in, while persistence refers to whether, when faced with roadblocks and obstacles, an individual keeps trying or gives up. (1) The responsibility for motivation is three-fold: it falls on the senior leadership, the direct manager and the employee. Numerous factors are involved, from trust, engagement and values (individual and organizational) to job satisfaction, achievement, acknowledgement and rewards. Motivation is essential for working autonomously...
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