Annotated Bibliography Anger, O., Tessema, M., Craft, J., & Tsegai, S. (2021). A framework for assessing the effectiveness of HR metrics and analytics: The case of an American healthcare institution. Global Journal of Human Resource Management, 9(1), 1-19. This article addresses the research gap in the literature on HR metrics....
Abstract The central theme of this report is to refute the idea of a wage gender gap. This issue has been actively reinforced by public sentiment and political reforms that are not grounded in knowledge of accurate statistics. The report provides valuable insights into the factors that contribute to the...
As an enterprise resource software (ERP) software developer, the need for outsourcing core functions is undisputed owing to the complexity of tasks associated with the process. The viability for outsourcing ERP to the Philippines is safeguarded by the fact that the latter is one of the biggest outsourcing markets in...
Human resource management (HRM) is primarily concerned with the management of labor as a factor of production. Managers often deploy a myriad of techniques, including cultural, structural, and personnel management plans to deploy a team of committed employees to fulfill an organization’s goals (Bouwmans et al., 2019). In line with...
The work problem discussed in this paper is the lack of an effective employee recognition program. Markedly, keeping workers motivated has become quite tricky, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, many employees at our organization have found it quite challenging to remain motivated....
Introduction Employment in modern days has been a contentious subject in the labor market. With the workforce growing enormously and the opportunities growing slimmer every day, employers tend to take advantage of the situation to exploit employees. The current economic crisis (recession) has not only affected the cash flow and...
Evaluation of the performance of work in accordance with the established system is an essential tool for the development of human resources. In my opinion, only in completely static organizations, companies where nothing changes for years, there is no need for human resource development. Such companies also do not need...
Introduction The main element of an excellent work is the opportunity or chance to balance between one’ work and family lives. According to an investigation carried out by the National Life insurance Company, 40 percent of the workers say that their jobs or works are very or extremely demanding or...
Abstract Human resource management (HRM) refers to the recruitment, selection, training, and compensation of individuals in an organization in order to attain certain goals. The process encompasses several activities, including recruitment, selection and orientation, performance management, learning and development, compensation and benefits, and creation of policies to govern these practices....
Introduction Performance problem is a gap existing between the strategies that had been laid earlier by an organization towards achieving its goals, objectives and its actual performance within a given period. Such problem may emerge at individual, team force, unit or organizational level and are mainly brought about by difficulty...
Forewords Coaching and mentoring are two terms that have often been used interchangeably. Irrespective of the fact that the two are different in definition and application, they play almost similar roles as far as career development is concerned. Ideally, coaching and career mentoring have been found and proven as means...
Introduction Management is rather challenging and complex art that calls for absolute skills and expertise to achieve optimal efficiency and effectiveness. Ideally, management concerns achieving desired organizational results (goals and objectives) through others. Consequently, managers must be in a position to mobilize each and every individual in an organization towards...
An essential part of acquiring the desired job is completing the interview with a potential employer. The outcome of the job interview depends on the preparation. The goal of the interview is to ascertain whether the candidate fits the position. As most of the assessment is done by the employer,...
Introduction Building a competitive global sales team requires patience and a lot of creativity. The team will require the right type of skills and motivation in order to execute the mandate effectively and efficiently. However, each sales strategy employed in each specific market needs to be specific to the local...
Introduction Assessing strategic human resource management (HRM) initiative presents a detailed description of why the human resource (HR) department of an organization needs to align with its general plan. As a corporation grows and intends to succeed and remain profitable in the changing global business environment, its needs will change....
Introduction The Latin American model comprises elements of the Latin Culture and globalization that combine cultural and concentric zones. The system has been practiced in several countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina. For instance, this model has been used to show the relationship in the four nations’ employment status,...
Performance Criteria Performance appraisal is essential since it makes it possible for leaders to learn more about an employee’s productivity, behavior, and overall contribution to organizational profitability. A Purchasing Manager (PM) is a professional who oversees and monitors the activities of his or her followers in the purchasing department (Jyoti,...
Introduction In modern conditions of the international market development, the most crucial factor in maintaining the country’s economy’s stability is its competitiveness. For many organizations, to enter the foreign market and maintain a leading position in the domestic market, it is necessary to form an enterprise strategy in which many...
Plan to Assess Motivational Levels Employee motivation is a common issue in the workplace environment. It is defined as the levels of energy, enthusiasm, commitment levels, and creativity that the employees are willing to bring to the organization (Badubi, 2017). Therefore, the organization needs to ensure proper employee engagement increase...
Introduction Job analyses can identify the core competencies an individual needs to effectively perform a given job. However, human resource (HR) practitioners require an accurate and reliable selection strategy to make proper decisions. This paper will discuss job analysis, employee selection, and how job analysis can influence employee selection. The...
Labour Market Major Contemporary Market Trends Demographics Employment rate relates to the proportion of persons between sixteen and sixty-four years old who are in work. The rough analysis of the UK labour market for the year 2020 revealed that approximately 32.50 million (75.2%) people within the aforementioned age range are...
Introduction Ford Motors Company is one of the first in the American market, which was founded by the famous entrepreneur and inventor Henry Ford. The many offices and departments worldwide mean not only the international popularity of the company’s cars but also the need to train and coordinate tens of...
Executive Summary South Korea and Japan, as Asian countries persisting in close geographical vicinity to each other, are similar in a lot of ways. Their organization, people, cultures, and regulations are specifically unique yet strikingly alike in some aspects. The relationship between the two is strained, mostly due to their...
Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has come with its fair share of implications cutting across all spheres of human life. Human resource management (HRM) is one of the aspects that have greatly been affected by the global pandemic, increasing discussion on how organizations can cope with the new norm. The significance...
Introduction As a country that is keen to uphold its religious ideologies and not compromise for the sake of anything, UAE’s idea to empower women by encouraging them to join aviation was far-fetched. According to cultural norms, females are supposed to stay at home, sire children, and take care of...
Introduction In the past few decades, the significance of human resource management (HRM) in an international context has been gaining momentum. Researchers, including Fan et al (2016), Farndale et al (2017), and Kaufman (2016) have shown increased interest in the field and studied how HRM practices are changing globally. It...
The County General Hospital The County General Hospital is a small 200 bed-facility 150 miles outside of Chicago. Due to its location and low pay to the new nurses, it suffers from high turnover among the nursing staff. As new employees’ training is expensive and time-consuming, it has an adverse...
Contemporary External Factors Impacting Business and HR Functions The external business surrounding typically consists of political, economic, social, demographic, legal, and technological factors. According to Letkova (2018), economic conditions, legislative issues, demographic features, and technical aspects are among the main factors that influence a company’s strategies and practices. Our organization...
Abstract In our present days, the worker is faced with several demands that constitute a complex area to negotiate as regarding how to perfectly handle family responsibilities and official assignments. Over a half of people working in one office or the other, self employed or hired, are under obligations to...
Introduction Working in a team is not as easy as it may seem. Many people have experienced this in several workgroups where no one seems to listen to the other, or a few members just will not contribute anything. In essence, for a group to work effectively, each individual must...
Introduction The modern business environment is very competitive and requires constant performance improvement. The coordination of various activities in an organizational framework should be done to promote competitive advantage and maintain a closer positive relationship with all stakeholders. The management of organizations has responsibilities of motivating, planning, and directing staff...
Executive Summary Cyber security has become one of the major concerns for the government of Oman and other regional countries over the recent past. As shown in the paper, there has been a rapid shift from the analogue to the digital world of information management. The problem is that as...
The environment of property management is highly competitive, mostly due to the exponential growth that the industry has been experiencing over the past decade, as well as the opportunity to develop real estate investment skills leading to a tremendous rise in professionalism and efficiency. However, the target environment also conceals...
Digital education is an innovative approach to applying technology tools in the teaching or learning process. Exploring digital training allows learners and educators to engage in skills or improve the knowledge base (Sousa and Rocha 327). Distance learning offers students benefits, including the chance to study flexibly from any location...
Professional certification is available in almost every sector in the current era. Accreditation is becoming increasingly necessary in many fields of work. Certification is beneficial not only to the employee but also to the employer who wants to recruit the most skilled person who can contribute to high-quality work output....
Introduction Occupational stress goes hand in hand with work and interactions within a work environment. There is a great variety of causes leading to work-related stress; among the primary causes are excessive competitiveness, a strenuous team atmosphere with conflicts and ineffective communication practices, dense working conditions, pressure from senior management,...
Introduction Success in an organization should be defined by the amount of profit an organization makes as well as the safety and rights of employees. Lawsuits affect both small and large scale businesses; hence, both sectors need to respect laws governing employment. The number of lawsuits where plaintiffs complain of...
Summary An ideal definition of culture takes into account the different perspectives of social life. It should recognize the diversity of cultures and exclude language, ethnic or social class bias while emphasizing the high morals held by all cultures. Three concepts of culture have been historically used to define culture....
Introduction Parmalat started as a small family-owned dairy shop in 1961 and grew into a gigantic enterprise with over 30 branches in Italy (Dibra 286). This business belonged to Calisto Tanzi who owned the majority of the stake. It had a significant impact on the world farm products market as...
Introduction The internationalization of businesses has remained a controversial topic among researchers. This is especially the case when some consider internationalization not to be an indicator of globalization but rather as an expression of regionalization (Apetrei, Kuresh and Horodnic, 2015). International management is increasingly becoming a fundamental theme in business...
Introduction The historical context, social changes, and the trend of globalization that have taken place in the last hundred years have led to a change in the structure of the labor force, making it more diverse in terms of ethnicity, demographic and gender characteristics. These changes, coupled with a proven...
Introduction In Scotland, the energy sector comprises a different range of activities which are development, exploration, production, and supply of non-hydrocarbon and hydrocarbon energy sources. The emergency of COVID-19 has disrupted various functions of Scottish energy sectors concerning employee recruitment, selection, and talent development. Due to COVID-19, organizations are developing...
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the characteristics and willingness of the UAE National to help Expatriates at the workplace. To do so, we have chosen semi-government organization Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO), one of the world’s largest gas processing company. In this group project,...
Issues of equality and combating discrimination in employment represent one of the key areas in the field of human rights protection in the modern world. The Equal Full Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 1964 and began operations on July 2, 1965...
In the book Developing Human Capital, Pease, Beresford & Walker discusses how to use analytics to optimize the business’s learning and development investments. Learning and development (L & D) is a term used to describe the company’s activities aimed to facilitate the professional growth of its employees. The recent changes...
Introduction Human motivation has been a matter of discussion and debate for social scientists and psychologists for decades. Recently, managers and executives have turned to motivation as a way of enhancing the performance and productivity of their employees to achieve competitive advantage (Davis, 2017). According to the resource-based theory developed...
Job Analysis Part 1 Job analysis is critical to the HR department’s performance, as it defines its goals and the activities in which it engages. Per Robbins et al. (2016), it serves to formulate the job description, which then informs the “recruiting, training, setting performance standards, evaluating performance, and compensation”...
Career counseling assumes knowledge in counseling theories and models, which helps form more transparent plans for working with clients. Counseling models also offer tools in the form of various questionnaires and inventories that assess self-knowledge and occupational knowledge, skills, values, attitudes, and the state of the patient’s psyche. For example,...
Compensation Strategies Leadership is an essential aspect needed by organizations during the modern period when the competition is high. To outsmart rivalry and win a higher market share, companies often engage in various activities. Some of the areas that managers focus on as they strive to increase motivation and productivity...
Introduction There are numerous ways in which managers try to ensure employee retention. Alferaih, Sarwar, and Eid (2018) argue that one of the most used asset for employee retention is salary reviews. This means that the management has to ensure that the payments made to their staff are not only...
Topic Outline The emergence of the knowledge economy decreased reliance on physical inputs and natural resources to produce goods and services. Modern companies utilize high-efficiency methods that require specialized skills and knowledge to maximize profits (Hadad, 2017). The knowledge economy relies on technology, information management, and innovative practices to ensure...
Abstract The purpose of this research study was to investigate leadership and conflict management solutions implemented by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in China. The narrative review method was used to analyse the findings of 30 research articles that were obtained from three databases: International Labour Review Journal, Journal of...
Introduction Developing and maintaining a supportive work environment are responsible managerial tasks that should be implemented through appropriate practices. One of the modern concepts promoted in both small organizations and large enterprises is the cross-cultural management system, which is particularly important in diverse teams. Bird and Mendenhall (2016) describe this...
Introduction Armstrong (2006) defines Induction as the process of receiving and welcome and welcoming employees when they first join a company and giving them the basic information they need to settle down quickly and happily and start work. Induction has four aims: To smooth the preliminary stages when everything is...
Introduction Background of Study Employee performance has been linked with attitude towards both the working environment and the satisfaction of the role. There are numerous reasons why understanding the attitude of one’s employees towards various elements is important. First, as Ajilore (2015) notes, it allows for the management to come...
Introduction As the company becomes bigger, the recruitment of new staff members might become a challenge for the management. Applicants for a particular position should be properly evaluated to make sure that their actual competence and character fully match their working aspirations. For detecting unwanted personality traits and lack of...
Introduction Recruiting is an important process in the activity of any organization. Indeed, the quality of a recruiter’s work defines what employees will be hired and how well they will be able to cope with their labor functions. HR specialists should also consider psychological characteristics of would-be employees to ensure...
Our organisation adopted Ulrich’s three-legged model as the standard model for the delivery of HR practice. The Ulrich model is based on three major functions, including HR centres of excellence, business partners, and shared services (Beatty, 2019). The following are the roles and contributions of HR professionals: Centres of Excellence...
Summary Human resource management is a very vital organ within an organization. For huge organizations with a large number of employees, it would be impossible to handle labor issues in the absence of human resource management. The human resource function acts as a liaison between the employees and the organization....
Introduction Taking staff members for granted used to be a rather common occurrence, especially in larger organizations, yet the importance of human capital has finally been recognized recently. As a result, HR strategies have been shifted rapidly and unequivocally toward quality talent management (TQM). The observed trend can be linked...
Executive Summary This paper examines the structure, external and internal environment and organizational structure of the company Better Way, and also sets recruiting goals to help the company’s development. Better Way is a consulting firm that provides business analysis services for companies, as well as training for students and entrepreneurs....
Employee motivation is a crucial HR function that influences morale levels as does a positive workplace culture. Financial aspects of a position, including bonuses and benefits, contribute greatly to job satisfaction. However, most employees also value organizational culture and relationships in their workplace. Feeling appreciated at work can strengthen the...
Introduction Employees are the asset of every organization. They help in building up the business with hard work and dedication. In return, the management appreciates and rewards the performances of the employees. In order to achieve progress, an organization may recruit more employees to attend the management and production activities....
Communication and relationship building are crucial skills in the workplace, especially for managers and leaders. Effective communication and good relationships between management and employees, as well as among employees, facilitate the achievement of organizational goals and establish a positive climate in the workplace. However, if a manager lacks these essential...
Executive Summary This paper discusses performance management, a concept that expands on the idea of performance appraisal to engage HR departments in effectively maximising the company’s performance. It does so by incorporating the human factors that are currently underresearched, such as motivation, job satisfaction and teamwork. These indicators can enhance...
Introduction Occupational stress is hard to avoid in the work environment. Some of the primary causes of work-related stress are dense working conditions, severe competitiveness, experiencing differences in finding the balance between personal life and work, conflict with other members of a team, and excess pressure from senior management. (Dwamena,...
Google- a global worldwide search engine designed for quick research. One of the main reasons that it has maintained a position in the top 100 companies to work with in Forbes, is because of its Human resource policies and practices. The main Human Resource Department at Google is in its...
Introduction This paper summarizes and attempts to highlight the main elements discussed in Chapters 12 and 14 of the textbook ‘Psychology’ 9th Edition by David G. Myers. Myers describes different aspects of motivation in this Chapter ‘Motivation and Work’ and shows how motivation is relevant to working in an office...
Summary The National Training Awards’ main objective is to distinguish and compensate workers and organizations from any sector that show apparent benefits attained through the process of training and increasing the ability of their workers. National Training Award helps make the best use of career progression motivation and chances. Individuals...
Abstract In an organization, employees and the employer should handle their responsibilities according to set procedures to enhance the growth and reputation of the company. Discipline, ethics, compliance, and duty accomplishment ensured when human resources work within the established policies. After recruitment, personnel go through training programs that impact them...
Introduction In developing a great team, the management should understand cross cultural differences that exist among its employees. With increased globalization, movement of people and labour there has been an increase in diversity of cultures that exist in companies (i.e. from the employees and customers); this is referred to as...
Introduction Some of the major functions of a human resource department in an organization include employee relations, labor law compliance, and work safety. The department ensures that the employers and the employees uphold ethics and ethical standards. The employee relations scenarios indicate several challenges that are posed to the human...
Introduction The given journal paper review will primarily focus on three journal articles. They are related to the research topic of the interconnectedness of human resource (HR) management and the competitive advantage of an organization. One should be aware that proper HR practices can provide a substantial level of competitiveness,...
Executive Summary of the Proposal Statement of the Problem Every year, Aldi Company hires several employees to work in different departments. The company has created a culture where these new employees are taken through regular training to ensure that they remain motivated, committed to their assigned tasks, and have the...
Introduction The contemporary globalized business setting often implies the necessity to work in vastly diverse teams, which suggests that the managerial and leadership approaches need to be altered accordingly. Although there is no homogenous framework that could be used as the ultimate approach toward managing the work of a diverse...
Contemporary External Factors Impacting Business and HR Functions The external business surrounding typically consists of political, economic, social, demographic, legal, and technological factors. According to Letkova (2018), economic conditions, legislative issues, demographic features, and technical aspects are among the main factors that influence a company’s strategies and practices. Our organization...
Description of the Program Corporate recruitment in remote educational institutes remote educational technologies and human resources issues related to it. This subject became especially relevant in the context of the current situation of the lockdown due to the 2019-nCoV pandemic. While forcefully shifting to distant education, many educational organizations demonstrated...
Round 1 – John The current situation, which clearly shows the discontent of staff members with the direction that the HRM strategy is taking needs to be addressed, hence the necessity to introduce the Constructivist Learning Theory as the tool for shaping the process based on unique backgrounds, experiences, and...
Introduction Google is one of the most famous international corporations in the world. Effective human resource management (HRM) strategies and practices have significantly helped the organization achieve this successful result. Today, multiple people dream of being Google employees because this fact will provide them with many advantages. It is also...
Introduction Organisations require specialised equipments and tools to ensure that they may succeed in their daily duties. In the market, different equipment and tools exist ranging from human resource to technology. An example of organisation that champions the use of technology especially information technology is Google Inc., a company that...
Amazon is known worldwide as a high-technology company with a fast-paced working environment and delivering excellent customer service as the key objective. Developing an appropriate recruiting and staffing strategy for the company constitutes the blueprint for its performance improvement. For Amazon’s intention to recruit 7000 employees, it is especially important...
Ministry of Awqaf (Endowment) and Religious Affairs (MARA) is a Governmental Entity in Oman that has been given the responsibility of overseeing procedures related to endowments and religious matters in the country. The vision of the organisation is aimed at the development of spiritual and religious values that have been...
Introduction It is impossible to improve employee satisfaction and loyalty to employers without measures to show understanding for staff members’ personal situations. To support employees in maintaining the best possible work-life balance in challenging circumstances, many organizations provide them with the opportunity to take job leaves without losing their jobs....
The focus of this paper is an article titled “Host Country National Willingness to Help Expatriates: The Role of Social Categorization and Exchange,” by Arup Varma, Shaun Pichler, and Pawan Budhwar. The work was published in 2016 on the Research Gate database and is a part of Global Talent Management...
Command and control is a group of technical and organizational attributes that employs physical and human resources to accomplish missions. To achieve this, different approaches can be used that either use local agencies to firstly rely on, or governmental organizations. The department that also takes part in accomplishing missions is...
Introduction The main issue the report underlines is how managers engage with their employees in an organization. The attitudes displayed by managers create a positive or negative impact on the performance of employees. If supervisors display a low level of attitude, the resulting effect is job dissatisfaction and low productivity....
Prior to discussing the main peculiarities of developing, implementing and evaluating performance management system, it is of the crucial importance to define this process, because performance management can be discussed from various perspectives. Overall, this process can be interpreted as a set of measures, aimed at increasing the productivity of...
Introduction The Google Company is an American-based technology giant founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 while pursuing their Ph.D. at the University of Stanford. The organization diversified its business, offering internet services and products such as Google Search, cloud computing, online advertisement technologies, Chromebook, Chromecast, and Android...
Recognition and Experience The findings show that a significant proportion of employees do recognize SS and RE in DEWA. According to Table 1, most employees (46.3%) have participated in the implementation of SS in DEWA as team members while 27.8% and 25.9% participated as project managers and consultants respectively. Table...
An experienced HR receptionist is needed by one of the country’s largest providers of IT services. You will need great communication skills, profound knowledge on the laws and practices of employment and experience of assisting HR manager in developing the necessary reports, recruitment, selection and development planning. The required qualifications:...
Society is full of employed caregivers and parents working to meet the need to support life. Parents and caregivers have families that entirely depend on them for general care and provision. At times, care and devotion to family becomes more demanding at home than at work, especially if a family...
Introduction Frederick Herzberg (1965), as an extension to his study The Motivation to Work, showed that his theory Motivation-Hygiene Theory is equally applicable to all cultures. He demonstrated in this empirical research that Motivation-Hygiene theory is not constrained by the cultural influence in the management process. But that was in...
The Argument I would be advancing if I were in George Mann’s position The current disagreement presents an imperative point in the organization when it comes to addressing or avoiding future related conflicts to guarantee a smooth running of its activities. Firstly, the employee is a victim of decisions and...
Introduction The presentation that follows is the comprehensive training program for the management staff of NL&C. It has been set as a requirement by the company’s president to equip the management staff with the necessary skills, to enable them to run the organization efficiently and to make the organization competitive...
Introduction Respiratory personal equipment is an essential tool in automobile industries as they protect workers against inhalation hazards such as isocyanates. Employees are required to wear respiratory equipment that is in good condition to avoid inhalation of harmful substances caused by spraying polyurethane paint that may expose them to greater...
Introduction When an employee is to be motivated there is need to develop the conditions and incentives which will make a person to exhibit the desired behavior. The most difficult challenge for a leader is to figure out as to how to motivate the people working for him. This is...
Innovation is one of the factors contributing to the success of any business. For instance, the use of innovative recruiting strategies is one of the ways to achieve a competitive advantage as they are associated with the use of creative methods by employees (Mathis, Jackson, & Valentine, 2013). It has...
Introduction Conducting an excellent job interview is an art which every human resources (HR) recruiter should master. In fact, the cost of making a bad hiring decision is considerably high (McCarthy, 2018). Knowing which questions to ask and how best to develop an interviewing process for a position may allow...
Introduction The paper deals with the task of design of a program that structures incentive pay and links it to a China manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises – SME’s organizational strategies and effectiveness. Role and Importance of HR Becker (2003) has pointed out that measuring HR’s performance is an increasingly...
Introduction Organizing employees is always a challenging experience having to do with time and effort-consuming operations. For this reason, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is constantly working on making the process easier, especially in the case of organizations and companies employing hundreds and thousand of people. The issue under...
Introduction The basic principle of the academic theory of human resource management is that humans are not machines; as a result an urge to have an interdisciplinary assessment of people in the workplace is pondered upon. The human resource management sector in any organization is that sector that deals with...
It goes without saying that competent employees play a highly significant role in any organization and substantially contribute to its development and general growth. However, in the realm of appropriate human resource management and hiring, integrity may be regarded as more valuable in comparison with previous experience or professional skills...
