Introduction The human resources of an organization consist of all people who perform its activities. Human resource management (HRM) is concerned with the personnel policies and managerial practices and systems that influence the workforce. In broader terms, all decisions that affect the workforce of the organization concern the HRM function. The activities involved in HRM function are pervasive throughout the organization. Line managers, typically spend more than 50 percent of their
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2. An auto dealer has hired you to help improve the performance of its sales and service staff. Your first task is to conduct a needs analysis for the organization. Describe what you will do. Then, provide examples of possible training and development activities that could be used to influence the knowledge behavior, and attitudes of the staff. For an auto dealer I would do a short and long-term training and development needs according to the business strategy, company culture, and expected changes
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Organizational Trends MGT/307 Abstract This paper will first attempt to describe what a high-performance workplace and organization is all about and what characteristics such workplaces have. Second, the paper will provide information on how high-performance workplaces are different from the traditional workplaces, including operational effectiveness, workplace stress, and organizational dynamics. Next, the paper will list strategies used in the management of stress in the workplace. Last
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a more strategic role? 4. INTRODUCTION There has been a dramatic shift in the role of human resource management (HRM) in recent decades. Traditionally, the HR function has been viewed as primarily administrative, focusing on the level of the individual employee, the individual job, and the individual practice (Becker, Huselid, and Ulrich, 2001), with the basic premise that improvements in individual employee performance will automatically enhance organizational performance. In the 1990s, an emphasis
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interests. Can be conflict between benefit to company & benefit to worker ie reengineering & downsizing. Employees may lose their voice. May not be appropriate in all situations or even in sections of same business. High Performing Work Systems (HPWS) High Involvement ! Ability ñ enhance employee ability & knowledge through good recruitment & training ! Motivation ñ motivate desired behaviours through strong incentives ! Opportunity ñ encourage ideas & contribution from motivated & better
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HUMAN RESOURCES Conference Paper Abstracts A CHANGE RECIPIENT PERSPECTIVE ON TRAINING AND COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT DURING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE Olsen, Trude Hogvold; Harstad U. College; trude.olsen@hih.no Stensaker, Inger G.; NHH Norw.Schl of Economics and Business Adm.; inger.stensaker@nhh.no As organizations change and adapt to pressures in the external and internal environment, managers and employees are required to learn new competencies and skills. Ideally, new skill requirements should be
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Critically compare and contrast the ‘best fit’, BP and RBV models of HRM strategy – explain how EACH approach is argued to contribute to improve organizational performance. As the global business environment becomes increasingly competitive, more and more organisations are targeting human resources as a means of strategically gaining competitive advantage. Strategic human resource management (SHRM) is a constantly evolving process which is concerned with providing a strategic framework that supports
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Debt-free college degree For all Sources: 1. The article was posted in April 2011. The information is relevant to the questionnaire. 2. The intended audience is to college students, students entering college, and parents who pay for college. It is targeted towards mainstream audience. 3. The author is Fabian Ramirez. Not much authority on the subject matter 4. The author goes into detail about how to avoid college loan debt. 5. The information is unbiased. The article is based
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High Performance Working in the Energy Sector: A Comparison of Firmus Energy and Pilot Drilling Control. Firmus Energy The facts No of employees: 58 employees with approximately 100 contractors employed by period contractor McNicholas Overview: Firmus energy is a subsidiary of the gas company BGE based in Eire. The company was set up in 2005 to develop a new gas network in 10 towns and cities across Northern Ireland and supply natural gas to customers. The company also supplies gas to industrial
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| 1. What is the cause of the problems described in the case? How serious are these problems? The cause of Problem in Nordstrom is misaligned Compensation system. The Compensation is not vertically aligned with the Strategy of the company. Nordstrom depended on its sales employee for customer care and selling the products. However, the compensation structure was not adequately aligned to reward those behaviours which forced employees to work off-hours without getting Compensated for
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