The Internationai Journal of Human Resource Management 6:1 February 1995 How culture-sensitive is HRM? A comparative analysis of practice in Chinese and UK companies Mark Easterby-Smithy Danusia Malina and Lu Yuan Abstract There has been some concern about the extent to which models and practices of HRM are capable of being transferred from one country to another. This emerged in the late 1970s as concern that Japanese ideas might be adopted uncritically by US companies‚ and during the 1980s
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Abstract The course work starts with the introduction of human resource management. The assignment will try to focus on the concept of human resource management strategies and human resource activities of McDonalds restaurant ltd‚ the organization where I am working. The objective of this assignment is to relating the models of HR strategies with McDonalds and summarising HR activities like performance management‚ motivation and rewards and HR planning. For the purpose of HRM strategies I am applying
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Personnel management refers to a set of functions or activities including recruitment‚ training‚ pay and industrial relations performed effectively but often in isolation from each other or with overall organisation objectives. In 1991‚ Hilmer noted that the Australian tradition of many sub-specialities or functions (industrial relations‚ compensation‚ training and pay) was out of date. The early 1990s was an are of great speculation on the future of the functions in managing people. The concept
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Compare and contrast of the classical school of management and the human relations school of management The classical or traditional approach to management was generally concerned with the structure and the activities of formal organization. The utmost importance in the achievement of an effective organization were seen to be the issues such as the establishment of a hierarchy of authority‚ the division of work‚ and the span of control. The classical management focuses on the efficiency and
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HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY HRPO1ON How culture can be used to the strategic advantage of an organisation are problematic and reductionist. Consider the extent to which this is argued from both managerialist and academic perspective and what implications this has for HRS. Introduction: In this assignment I have to go through different aspect of culture through which it can be referred that even culture is a strategic and competitive advantage in today’s world because it is hard to imitate but
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STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Strategic human resource management is the process of linking the human resource function with the strategic objectives of the organization in order to improve performance. Strategic management The word ‘strategy’‚ deriving from the Greek noun strategus‚ meaning ‘commander in chief’‚ was first used in the English language in 1656. The development and usage of the word suggests that it is composed of stratos (army) and agein (to lead). In a management context
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HUMRES-00366; No of Pages 18 Human Resource Management Review xxx (2010) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Human Resource Management Review j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s e v i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / h u m r e s Hearing a different drummer? Convergence of human resource management in Europe — A longitudinal analysis Wolfgang Mayrhofer a‚⁎‚ Chris Brewster b‚ Michael J. Morley c‚1‚ Johannes Ledolter d‚2 a b c d WU (Vienna University of Economics and
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Core Course Credit Credit 4 4 4 8 20 4 4 4 Credit Total Credit 12 32 2 2 4 Course MBA-211 Strategic Management MBA-212 Computer Application & MIS MBA-213 Entrepreneurship & Project Management MBA-214 Practical Training (8weeks) Presentation (4 Credit) Training Report (4 Credit) Group B*: FINANCE MBF-215 Financial Decision Making MBF-216 Security Analysis & Portfolio Management MBF-217 Management of Financial Institutions & Services Elective (Limited Choice) Elective (Limited Choice) Elective
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becoming a melting pot of people from different nations or as Multinational corporations (MNC’s) operating and competing across the globe. Culture influences every stage of the HR cycle from recruitment to termination and if properly managed it can be a resource and a pool of talent to ensure that the organization is dynamic and productive. Culture‚ in essence‚ is the values and beliefs shared by and unique to a society which creates its identity. It consists of things such as language‚ dress‚ mannerisms
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Part 2 Human resource management in practice ‚ Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Human resource planning Job and work design Recruitment and selection Performance management Chapter 10 Reward management Chapter 11 Training‚ development and learning 9780230251533_07_cha06.indd 125 01/11/2011 12:09 9780230251533_07_cha06.indd 126 01/11/2011 12:09 127 Human resources planning 6 1 1 Cathy Sheehan After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: Discuss
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