Module Title: Human Resource Management
Programme: BABS
Semester: Three
Academic Year Period: November 2014 – March 2015
Lecturer: Gobu Nachiappan
Student: Mohamed Ali Thiam
Student ID: 0063EFEF0414
Date of Completion and Submission: 16 February 2015
Submission Method: Online via Turn It In
Assessment Type: An individual presentation and type-written assignment
An individual Assignment of 2000 words (max)
Contents
1. Summary 3
2. Introduction 3
3. Strategies 4
3.1. Attracting and retaining valuable employees 4
3.2. Cutback and layoff 5
3.3. Employees’ loyalty 5
3.4. Commitment to high performance 6
4. Recommendation and conclusion 7
5. References 8
1. Summary
Xerox created the photocopying business in 1949 with the presentation of its model a copier. in 2000, the organization was losing cash and momentum while higher-tech and lower-cost contenders caught market share. At that point another group of senior supervisors drafted a key plan to turn the organization to benefit. Under this new initiative, supervisors at all level confronted troublesome choices about staff, product, and needs, choices that would figure out if Xerox would survive.it is said that the organization utilized cost cutting and the administration refocused the organization on its commitment to quality and on individuals. Xerox 's CEO Anne M. Mulcahy accepted that offering world class items and services needs world class individuals and through the brand trademark, "express yourself", Xerox is a place where ideas of its relative characterize a capacity for advancement and lending workplace. Xerox 's headquarter depends on its HR administration focus. Additionally, HR professional helped guarantee that workers were treated with dignity, and helped them include significant aptitudes through work experience, work assignments and learning opportunity (Pride, Hughes, Kapoor, 2009).
2. Introduction
Human Resource Management (HRM) is the
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