Hrm in Business Context
A Report on Influences and Developments in the External Environment that have an impact on HR policies and practices,using the framework of STEEPLE
By Amartya Basu(Registration No-201283862).
Date:2/12/2012
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the MSc Human Resource Management(Full-time) course.
Acknowledgement:
I would like to thank my teacher Mr. Chris Moore for his guidance and encouragement he has given me in writing this report.
Abstract:
This study is about the influences and developments of external environment, that generally have an impact on the HR policies and practices applied by the organisations/industries with special attention towards NHS Employers. The report provides a global view of external factors causing changes in HR and how the HR department of NHS Employers have tackled them by formulating different policies and applying appropriate practices.
Contents:
* Introduction 3
* Analysis of ‘STEEPLE’ from a global perspective 4
* HR practices of NHS Employers 7
* References
* Bibliography
Introduction:
To analyse the influence of external environment on the HR policies and practices of organisations/industries, there is need to understand what external environment is and analyse how different factors of ‘STEEPLE’ framework influences the HR professionals to change their policies and adapt to new practices. After that, it will be analysed how these factors affect the HR policies and practices and how HR professionals develop new HR policies to cope up with the implications of external environment.
‘Organisational activities and outcomes are accounted for by the
By Amartya Basu(Registration No-201283862).
Date:2/12/2012
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the MSc Human Resource Management(Full-time) course.
Acknowledgement:
I would like to thank my teacher Mr. Chris Moore for his guidance and encouragement he has given me in writing this report.
Abstract:
This study is about the influences and developments of external environment, that generally have an impact on the HR policies and practices applied by the organisations/industries with special attention towards NHS Employers. The report provides a global view of external factors causing changes in HR and how the HR department of NHS Employers have tackled them by formulating different policies and applying appropriate practices.
Contents:
* Introduction 3
* Analysis of ‘STEEPLE’ from a global perspective 4
* HR practices of NHS Employers 7
* References
* Bibliography
Introduction:
To analyse the influence of external environment on the HR policies and practices of organisations/industries, there is need to understand what external environment is and analyse how different factors of ‘STEEPLE’ framework influences the HR professionals to change their policies and adapt to new practices. After that, it will be analysed how these factors affect the HR policies and practices and how HR professionals develop new HR policies to cope up with the implications of external environment.
‘Organisational activities and outcomes are accounted for by the
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