development of Human Resource Management (HRM) from a historical perspective and explains the debate between HRM and personnel management. Thus, the paper identifies the historical developments and their impacts on HRM, outlines the development and functions of HRM, explains the differences between HRM and Personnel Management, evaluates ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ approaches to HRM, illustrates how diversity is an issue in Human Relations (HR) practice and finally considers HRM as an international issue. It concludes
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A MEASURE THAT EXAMINES ATTITUDES TOWARDS e-HRM PRACTICES by Lisa Shane submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in the subject INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: MR H VON DER OHE MARCH 2009 Student number: 33450625 STATEMENT I declare that “DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A MEASURE THAT EXAMINES ATTITUDES TOWARDS e-HRM PRACTICES” is my own work and that all sources
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relationship between human resource management (HRM) and organizational effectiveness (OE) has evolved during the past three decades and to provide examples how firms are using HRM to improve their OE today by addressing several challenges that result from a broader stakeholder model. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews the past and current work on the relationship between HRM and OE. Findings – This findings indicate that the relationship between HRM and OE is very different when comparing
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in the world without seeing stories detailing the success of a company due to how effectively it manages its people. As the environment becomes more global, managing people also becomes more challenging, more unpredictable and uncertain and more subject to rapid change and surprise. Thus what we are witnessing within human resource management (HRM) is the rapid appreciation for and development of all aspects of global and international activities and issues associated with and affected by HRM. And
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Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management Emerald Article: Chinese HRM in action: an interview with Wayne Chen of Hay Group China Boyi Wang Article information: To cite this document: Boyi Wang, (2011),"Chinese HRM in action: an interview with Wayne Chen of Hay Group China", Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management, Vol. 2 Iss: 1 pp. 61 - 68 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/20408001111148739 Downloaded on: 04-05-2012 References: This document contains references
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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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Management (HRM). However, these initiatives have largely been concentrated on certain specific periods of time and experiences of specific countries and regions such as Australia, the USA, the UK and Asia (Nankervis et.al, 2011; Kelly, 2003; Ogier, 2003). This paper attempts to document the entire history of the discipline of Human Resource Management from a holistic perspective. The evolution and development of HRM will be traced right from the pre-historic times through to the postmodern world. Major
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later during integration. In the past, HRM was expected to provide support in postintegration efforts, as well as increased business focus and knowledge to ensure that the full value of M&A deals is realized. For organizations, it important to believe in the fact that People are its key assets. However, today we realize that, mastering the softer issues is the hardest part of integration and has the strongest influence on an M&A’s long-term success. HRM professionals are expected to be ready to
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Chapter 1: THE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT OF HRM LEARNING OUTCOMES After reading this chapter, students should be able to: • Discuss how cultural environments affect human resource management (HRM) practices. • Describe how technology is changing HRM • Identify significant changes that have occurred in workforce composition • Describe the HRM implications of a labor shortage • Describe how changing skill requirements affect HRM • Explain why organizational members focus on quality
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Changing HRM Landscape Changing HRM Landscape Table of Contents 1) Introduction2 2) The theoretical and changing HRM landscape2 Insight of HRM history for modern practitioners 3 3) Significance of HR best practices and organisational behaviour (OB) tools within a MNC 3 4) Assumptions underpinning the way in which HR best practices are being propagated within a MNC, particularly in different cross-cultural environments. 5 5) The influence of culture on HR best practices………………………………………………………
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