Introduction Organizations are continually faced with the task of motivating their employees for increased motivation and productivity. Job and organization dissatisfaction, high burnout among employees, work-induced stress, and high rates of employee turnover are signs that employees in a firm are not motivated enough to be as productive as the...
Methods that can be used to manage resistance to change For managers who want to make a step to the unknown, they have to make sure that they have everything stated out clearly. Change is inevitable and the managers should not try to run away from it. Instead of running...
Summary The Human Resources Management is a fundamental phenomenon for any kind of business. An ambitious company should pay much attention to the development of its HRM department if it plans to withstand the competition in the world market. Ford Motor Company, the organization chosen for this research, is one...
Introduction âThe most beautiful sight that we see is the child at labor. As early as he may get at labor the beautiful, the more useful does his life get to be.â This was a statement by Asa G. Candler, founder of the Coca-Cola Co. (cited in Levine 1). This...
Introduction Self-motivation is very crucial for those who have the ambition of being leaders at some point in life. This is especially applicable to those who are starters. The type of motivation required to ascend to high level of leadership is powerful. It is not a matter of chance that...
Introduction According to, Graham and Bennett, recruitment is the first part of the process of filling a vacancy; and includes the examination of the vacancy, the consideration of sources of suitable candidates, making contact with the candidates, and attracting applications from them. H. Graham and R. Bennett, (1995). Adds however...
Executive Summary The role of women in business is an issue that was highly researched. There are certain shifts in the way businesswomen perceived are perceived, all having a common theme of the difficulty to reach the top of the corporate world. This report focuses on the changes in the...
Executive summary Waterway Industries is a canoe manufacturing company, headquartered at Gosford, NSW. Like many companies, Waterways started off small and has since grown and expanded its business in many areas and regions. It therefore follows that its human resource management issues have also expanded. Despite creating favorable working relationship...
Organizational structure Cooper Cameron and Cytec industries are companies which are both listed in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). They began trading at NYSE after a spin-off from parent companies; Cytec from Cyanamid and Cooper Cameron from Cooper Industries in 1993 and 1995 respectively (Black, 2009). Both companies have...
Introduction The study of industrial relations was partly a result of the ascending and descending of the trade unions and communal negotiation in the twentieth century. âThroughout that time the phrase âindustrial relationsâ was often synonymous in popular discourse with union power and strikes, whereas collective bargaining was widely regarded,...
Introduction The success of every organization depends on the ability of its human resource management to recruit, select and continuously ensure that it enhances the performance of its staff. There are different principles involved when recruiting, selecting, and conducting employee appraisals to determine their performance. All these principles and practices...
Introduction Team development refers to the procedures that are put in place in order to improve the effectiveness of the work groups by helping the group members to be well conversant with the objectives of the organization and their job description. It also helps in promoting good interpersonal relations between...
Introduction Organizational Behavior studies and uses information related to the behavior of people in the workplace. It focuses on the individual and groups but this study tends to focus more on the individual because an individual is the focal point of any organization. Individuals work in organizations with a view...
Introduction In the state of Massachusetts, diversity in the banking sphere has for long been the issue of major organizational concern. Whether in banks or other agencies universities â diversity remains a problem due to the whole set of obstacles that professionals face on their way to developing and implementing...
Overview In order to get a deeper understanding of the subject under discussion, it will be imperative that we make an attempt at defining what work-life conflict entails or is all about. Different schools of thought have defined work-life conflict in different ways, all of which intends at finding out...
Importance of Human Resources Human resources are looked at as a useful or valuable quality that in such a manner as could not be otherwise be carry on or function scrupulously and compatible with the organization’s wants. Most organizations work towards ensuring that they have workers who are have a...
Abstract Human resources management (HRM) and organisational development (OD) is a relatively young academic discipline but an old and well-established field of practice. As the description of the procedure demanded in the management of people in an organisation, Human resources management have substituted personnel management. The idea of human beings...
Employee development can be termed as the application of policies and practices that enhance the behavior and performance of employees. To achieve the desired career goals, a person needs to engage his or her efforts in continuous career development to retain his relevance in the career market. Employee development enables...
Introduction Performance management is the regulatory business method resulting in the maximum utilization of the potential of the human resources of a company to accomplish its goals and missions. Performance management can be regarding a certain process in a specific department, a specific department on a whole or the whole...
In a competitive business environment, every employer competes to ensure that his or her business improves on the quality of services it offers while at the same time reducing its operation cost. In the meantime, growth in the global economy has led to competition in job market. While business operators...
Introduction With over one hundred and fifty employees under its wing and approximately eight point five billion dollarsâ worth of revenue in 2010, Disney Corporation has solidified its position as the biggest conglomerate in media and / or entertainment. Its reputation as the leading animation company further testifies to this...
Introduction IMedia Integrated Media Solutions L.L.C Company strives to make its workers satisfied with their job. It is also striving in improving its performance and makes its clients satisfied.It is the objective of the organization to hire and retain highly performing. This is the work of human resource management in...
Introduction Managing human resources refers to the functions that managers in organizations perform relating to the employees in the organizations. The functions that a manager in an organization carries out about employees determine the success of the organization. The key function of human resource management is determining the staffing needs...
Introduction This paper aims to determine who should take responsibility for learning and training in the workplace: either human resource management (HRM) specialists or line managers. To some extent, both of them can contribute to the development of employees professional skills. HR managers have a wider range of duties such...
Introduction In a competitive business environment, every employer competes to ensure that his or her business improves the quality of services it offers while at the same time reducing its operational costs. In the meantime, growth in the global economy has led to competition in the job market. While business...
Is the state an independent umpire that aims to reconcile competing interests about employment? Privatization is the best parameter of government efforts to depoliticize economic management. The trend is inherent in a desire to play a reconciliatory role in economic management and provide basic leadership. According to the New Zealand...
The research proposal was aimed at examining the effect that employee motivation has on productivity of organizations. The study investigated the process and theories of motivation of employees at workplace. The findings of the study suggest that a good working condition as well as good remuneration is quite significant in...
Introduction Group dynamics and effective group management has been a focus of in management circles for centuries. The reasons behind this particular scenario are not hard to discern. Effective team management is correlated to business success and improvement of employee commitment, satisfaction and retention. While researches have aggressively pursued the...
Introduction Human resource development (HRD) provides a strategic roadmap for maximum optimization of the available human resources. It is becoming significantly imperative to understand the operations of human resource management trends in current globalized business environments with competition for best performers. While there is no conventional agreement for the term...
Introduction This paper will discuss about the human resource management style in Hexaware Technologies. It will mainly focus on the developments of human resource management and discuss certain changes in the company that will or have affected the employees. Hexaware is a big organization which requires a big number of...
Introduction The observed trend in businesses today is that most businesses are turning to be multinationals. Globalization is today not a speculation but a reality as global market is opening and allowing companies to do business across the globe. As companies are turning to be global and venturing in other...
Kudler Fine Foods started its operations on 1998 and since then they have opened a number of stores. The main product of the company is to provide the customer with a wide range of fresh ingredients, utensils, and tools for gourmet cooking. The teams which operate the store need to...
Introduction Susan is currently facing some challenges in their human resource function. Some managers do not focus on people development, prompt feedback, and healthy interactions with their employees. Furthermore, there are challenges when it comes to the culture of control amongst various generations in the organization. Through a critical review...
Introduction Recruitment of personnel in an organization is an important function and requires careful planning and scheduling. The whole process involves identifying the prospective employees, interviewing them, arranging a training and orientation schedule for selected candidates, conducting the mandatory physicals and drug screenings (depending on company policy and statutes), and...
Introduction Several companies and organizations in the world have resorted to outsourcing for Human resources. This has drawn great interest in its effect on the productivity of the various companies. Of significance however is the fact that more companies are shifting to outsourcing, despite having various personnel to manages the...
Introduction Multinational organizations are the kind of enterprises that do undertake business in more than one nation. Aliber (1996) argues that such a corporation does manage the production process across the international boundaries and it has central offices in one of the countries that do coordinate the other branches. Multinational...
Introduction Human resource management can be described as the management of employees in the organizations. The human resource management actually is part of the organizational department which is concerned with personnel management and development of functions. Cross cultural human resource function is very important for effective goal achievement in circumstances...
Abstract Due to an increasingly stressful economy, it is becoming more of a challenge for employers to make sure that their employees have balanced home and work lives. Despite these difficulties, it is managementâs responsibility to foster employee motivation while guaranteeing that the outcomes benefit the entire company. People flourish...
Introduction Needs assessment is one of the main functions of HRM. In fact, without Needs Assessment, HRM cannot go on with the other objectives of training and development and other projects or activities for the organization. Needs Assessment, by its name alone, involves assessing whether there is a problem or...
Introduction Al Nakheel Company has witnessed a drop in its growth, competitiveness, and profitability. The management of the company has viewed this status with alarm and with serious intent attempts to locate the cause or causes that have led to this situation so that corrective measures can be put in...
Introduction Human Resource Information System (HRIS) refers to an online solution or software, which is used for data information, data entrance and data tailing requirements of the calculating, human resources, management and payroll activities in an organization. The system helps one in maintaining track of all the workers and information...
Planning is an involving activity and should not be neglected. It normally has a starting point and some objectives to be achieved. Information needs to be collected using several methods. One of the methods is using interviews, where you talk to the company staff and management. Another method is using...
Introduction The dynamic nature of the business environment has shifted the focus of organisations from success based on the capital and asset based of organisations to success based on intangible assets and more so the human resource as it is people working in an organisation who determine how competitive it...
Introduction The desire to work as an expatriate is an offer many employees will not resist. Many employees cannot resist the challenge to try new frontiers after years of working in a home country. These employees can’t wait to put their accumulated years of skills, training, and experience to a...
HRM Report Human resource management is a fundamental field in any company or other form of institution. It is an important asset that helps a company to achieve its set goals and objective. The company should handle human resources with a lot of respect, develop a just and fair recruiting...
Introduction A company requires both physical and human resources for its operations. The human resource is the greatest asset that an organization can have; without it no business transaction can take place. It ensures that the business is run in the right way, and thus determines the current as well...
Introduction The main purpose of any business setting is to ensure that the targets of its establishment are fulfilled. There are certain principles and guidelines that companies are supposed to operate on. These are the principles that determine how far and strong a company thrives (Tovey & Uren, 2006). To...
Introduction Job analysis is a technique that is employed by human resource personnel in the recruiting process and in awarding employees through promotion and salary increments. It is usually a process that goes on throughout the life of a company. There are various methods that are employed by the human...
Background Anglian Water is, in geographical terms, the biggest among the ten water companies found in the region of the United Kingdom. It engages in delivering water for drinking and carrying out the removal of waste-water as well as sewage from peopleâs homes and premises (Anonymous, 2010). It has approximately...
Introduction In the hospitality and tourism industry, HR management involves different functions and tasks related to employees and their effective performance. The core and the most important field of HR is job analysis. Organizations cannot exist and function effectively without job analysis techniques and procedures. Job analysis is a concept...
Pre-recruiting strategy and documentation I have chosen the post of head of production operations a position which will be held by a suitable candidate and a suitable candidate must have some qualification which fits this position. This position is a new vacancy because in this organization we have found out...
Introduction For businesses and other organizations to be productive, there is the need to have extensive knowledge of what they are dealing with. This will enable them to formulate future strategies on how they will survive in the market. As a result, society and particularly workplaces have become very competitive...
Introduction Effective management is the ability to influence others to work together in the search for organizational success. Effective management and leadership are envisioning what the company must do in order to prosper. Training programs are often used by companies to improve the skills and knowledge of employees and improve...
Introduction Business organisations of today are continually facing challenges for the progress of their business. The ultimate goal of modern organisation is to maximise its shareholders equity. To do this, organisations are simultaneously changing their strategies, production as well as delivery process. Business in all sense becomes more competitive and...
Introduction HR management can be regarded as the regulatory issue resulting in the maximum utilization of the potential of the human resources of a company to accomplish its goals and missions. Occupational safety is a part of industrial programs aimed to protect workers and outside environment from potential threats and...
Introduction H2O Organization is a mid-sized software development company that is based in Munich, Germany. The organization has a total of more than three thousand employees based on several of its operating locations in the country. To keep in tandem with globalization, the organization seeks to expand its operations to...
Introduction The process of staffing involves a combination of recruitment, selection, training, appraisals, delegation, reassignments, and finally retirement. This means that staffing will be the function of managing the workforce in a company. The workforce in a company may make it run either smoothly or roughly. Whenever a company sets...
Abstract As companiesâ operations go global, there has been an increased need and relevancy for developing the human resource management from a domestic one to an international one. This has led to international human resource management (IHRM), which has introduced the need to change the traditional transactional models of outsourcing...
The human resource body is the fundamental department in an organization. The efficient management of the human resource department will ensure that the organization will achieve its set objectives. Due to the important nature of the human resource department, it has to be in line with current trends that exist...
Introduction Unlike the traditional perspective of assessing Human Resource Management (HRM), the practice has over the years evolved from being a mere mechanism that facilitates the working force in an organization with reliable and effective manpower and code of ethics to a mechanism that is crucial for the productivity of...
Introduction Employers who serve alcohol to employees for instance in holiday parties are liable to major risks regardless of whether they are company organised meetings or meeting organised by employees. The United States Department of Labour stipulates that employees who serve alcohol are liable to the legal implications for what...
Introduction Increasing employee engagement in order to make companies more efficient and adaptive has become a real concern for organizations. Usually well-motivated staffs understand the business culture and its motif, which results in a mutually beneficial relationship. With the business recession, lean organizations have become in vogue and therefore, committed...
Work and life, are to terms dependent on each other. Only a living being can work and on the other side, there can be no life without work, even in imagination. In nature, the relation and balance between work, leisure, and life are maintained with no difficulty as the natural...
Introduction Each day, companiesâ managements are faced with various ethical dilemmas in different departments of managements ranging from managing corporate ethical decisions to the management of employees who are critical to the company but difficult to deal with in various aspects. It has emerged that unethical behavior among employees in...
Abstract Employee performance appraisal is an essential component of corporate businesses. It is a very valuable human resource tool which elicits various employee attitudes and behaviors highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. How close they are towards helping the organization grow towards achievement of its objectives may be assessed. Deficiencies may...
Introduction To better understand the whole concept of empowerment process and participation management at workplace it is important to define the concepts individually. Empowerment is a concept that has frequently been used in various contexts; empowerment is a term that can be viewed as ambiguous since it has been applied...
Preamble This report will focus on the strategies that organizations especially in Australia can use to improve the performance management system which should link employee activities with the organizational goals. It will analyze the existing managerial situation in Australia where firms are forming strategies that are meant to manage the...
Introduction Strategic human resource management (SHRM) is a calculated step towards the administration of the human resource capital of an organization. Making a comparison with technical human resource management, strategic human resource management is viewed as a recent idea, irrespective of its vast improvement in the last couple of decades....
Introduction In this essay report, the significance of trade unions in the United States of America alongside Australia is discussed. Some of the similarities and differences in the trade unionist activities in terms of the impact on ethnicity and gender are also well elaborated. In the report, it is evident...
Introduction Motivation is an internal drive in an organizational setting that intends to satisfy unsatisfied need and the employees must have the will to achieve the goals. Employees behave in a purposive manner in order to achieve specific unmet needs which drive them to accomplish personal and organizational goals (Lindner,...
This paper highlights the various perceptions and concepts of employee motivation in recent years and how managers are responsible for it. Takeuchi (2009) speaks about how a High Performance Work System is a means of increasing the competitive advantage of an organization which is one of the criteria deciding its...
Abstract Abraham Maslow proposes unique theories which allow managers to understand and guide the behavior of employees and meet their internal needs. Good leadership and motivation require the acceptance of risk, the adjustment to new situations, and the recognition of opportunity. Both motivation and personality development is concerned with the...
Introduction The main role of the human resource management (HRM) is to establish actions and policies, which offer a worker competencies and characters the organization requires in order to attain its main or primary objectives. A strategy refers to the plan of an organization on the ways it will combine...
Introduction Every manager in a corporation is faced with one principal aim; increasing the shareholders’ wealth by improving on the bottom line. To attain these objectives, a firm has to develop a clear delineation and paucity of the effects of the fixed assets and current assets has on the returns...
Introduction HRM (human resource management) is a term used in reference to the coherent and strategic approach that an organisation in question uses for purposes of managing the people in such an organisation. Given that individuals in an organisation are regarded as an organisationâs most valuable asset, and owing to...
Abstract – Importance of aligning HR strategy with corporate Human resources alignment means integrating decisions about people with decisions about the results an organization is trying to obtain (U.S Office of Personnel Management, 1999). Agencies have the ability to ensure that managers are held liable for their HRM decisions and...
Introduction Human resource management refers to the strategically and consistent approach that is utilized in running properties of an agency including employees working there who independently or cooperatively play a part in the fulfilment of the goals of the organization. In addition, human resource management (HRM) centres on selection, recruitment,...
Introduction Human resource department (HR) is a significant body in any organization. It is true that the effective and efficient staff is the main factor for success. In this respect the pivotal destination of HR management is to have an ability to designate each employee from the side of his/her...
Introduction For a business to attain its objectives, i.e. profit maximization the management should pay keen attention to employee performance and motivation. Employee performance and motivation present a real and current challenge that is facing team leaders. The better the employee is motivated the easier it becomes for the firm...
Interview Waiters / waitresses First of all it is necessary to mention that the best strategy for starting work on the highly competent market would require attraction of the workers from competitors. On the one hand this strategy would help to get to know the industrial secrets of the competitors;...
Since the period of Industrial Revolution and development of the production systems, critics, economists and philosopher try to answer a question about future of work and increased productivity. In the past, systems have been used by organizations to “automate the back room.” Dramatic improvements have been made in the areas...
Introduction The issue of division of labor in the household remains one of the most controversial in recent times. Most cultures of the world recognize the primary responsibility of the wife as being that of taking care of the home and the children as the husband leaves for work. Women...
A Rigorous understanding of the academic literature Employees are committed to their work if they are fully satisfied. Commitment towards something avoids conflict between employer and employee. Conflict may arise due to a lack of understanding between employer and employee regarding the company goals. Career development is the ultimate aim...
Problem Statement There is a need for an effective human resource management system in any organization and this is very instrumental for all types of organization and this applies also to the hotel industry of any country. When an investor in a new country wants to enter into a particular...
Emotional labour can be defined as the control of behavior by an individual in order to display more socially accepted emotions (Chu, 2002). In this case, an individual tries hard to suppress certain emotions that might not be taken kindly by the people he relates to and these emotions have...
Industrial Studies Introduction The activity of any organization, whether profit or non-profit one, is aimed at reaching its goals and objectives. For the former organizations, i. e. profit oriented ones, these goals and objectives consist in making profit and in developing its infrastructure, customer base, international image, etc. The non-profit...
Introduction Both the national and global corporations are practicing âInternational Human resource Management (IHRM)â in order to amplify the skills of employees and compare the capabilities of human resources of different countries. The IHRM is an approach that expresses the significance of human resources and imitates international corporate strategies of...
Executive Summary According to Merriam-Websterâs online dictionary, a McJob is âa low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement.â McJobs essentially refers to jobs in the service industry that are standardized, routine, deskilled, and highly specialized to the point of dull simplification; attributes that are largely...
Introduction The United Nations General Assembly has declared the new millennia and this century to be the century where diversity should be celebrated. As in many other fields of life, even in business diversity has become part of its routine. Globalization along with the triumph of free trade and capitalistic...
Introduction This paper chooses to review an article written by Ehigie and Ehigie (2006) titled âApplying Qualitative Methods in Organizations: A Note for Industrial/Organizational Psychologistsâ and another article written by Forth, Bewley and Bryson (2006) titled âSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises Findings from the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Surveyâ. The paper...
Introduction Culture has a distinct effect on management practices and the way human resources are handled (Hofstede, 1980). As culture shapes the values and ideologies of cultures and thus their work environment, it is important to understand the different effects of culture on human resource management. A distinct style of...
Introduction Organisations have become a very important part of our society in recent years. They play a very important role in directing and organising the activities of society members in achieving common goals that are beneficial to all. It is out of this prominence that organisational behaviour as an academic...
Introduction Jane woke up this morning, rolled out of bed, and turned on her computer to dress up her avatar (a computer user’s online representation of themselves), as opposed to her physical self, to attend an online job fair. At the same time, Deanna logged into her LinkedIn account and...
Abstract Glass ceiling is one of the problems affected women in modern business. The paper addresses the problem of glass ceiling through lens of radical feminism. The paper is based on substantial literature review and case study analysis. Of all the strategies discussed, unions and antidiscrimination policies are probably the...
Abstract A corporate training is becoming a necessity for every organization to motivate its workforce and to gain profits with the help of a motivated workforce. In this paper, we are going to discuss the advantages of the corporate training, the need of corporate training and the cost associated with...
Introduction To begin with it is necessary to emphasize that the Retail co has experienced essential changes within the recent years in the sphere of HR strategy. In spite of the tough competition in the sphere of retailing, the company succeeded in changing its profile from a relatively traditional market...
Introduction Ethics and moral behavior at workplace is crucial for positive climate and morale among employees. Methods of honesty can be learned only in the hard school of experience, that they are forced upon us by circumstances, and not voluntarily adopted. In certain cases this may be true; but it...
Abstract Whether coaching and mentoring is on an administrative level or designed for general workers, are progressively more being acknowledged as significant in employeesâ growth. It is accredited by higher administration in countless organizations that their business will prosper and flourish if they present some type of coaching and mentoring...
Background The failure to cope with the environment can be disadvantageous to a person’s psychological, moral, and physical health and under the parameters of this topic, workplace responsibilities. Alcoholism led problem leads to incapability of a person while dealing with his profession and the decisions born thereof. The study tries...
Introduction Teambuilding is vital within organizations if goals are to be achieved efficiently and effectively, team-Based management is a commanding management operating system that can be appropriate to any industry or service sector. Now in competitive business environment team based management is essential to achieve the organizational goal. To introduce...
Introduction Performance appraisal elements describe the overall responsibilities of an employee. Performance standards are the expected level of performance of the employees. It includes job description which specifies the roles and responsibilities of the employee towards the objective, or goal of the organization. Performance appraisal is the regular analysis of...
Introduction If at all organizations are to remain viable in an otherwise competitive market, one of the key departments that they should seek to improve is human resources. Specifically, there is a need to ensure that the communication systems in an organization are improved and that the various barriers to...
