SUNDERLAND Faculty of Business & Law Exam Paper Module Code : HRM325 Module Title : Performance Management of Human Resources Time Allocated: 3 Hours SAMPLE INSTRUCTIONS: Section A: Section B: Answer FOUR out of six questions (40 marks) – ONE HOUR Answer TWO questions from FOUR - essay and report questions (60 marks) - TWO HOURS You should be careful to plan the use of your time as outlined above THE UNIVERSITY ’S REGULATIONS CONCERNING CHEATING‚ COLLUSION AND PLAGIARISM APPLY TO
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important process in human resource development. Discuss and explain five ways that training helps companies gain a competitive advantage. (20 marks) Question 3 Performance management is the process through which managers ensure that employees’ activities‚ behaviours and outputs are congruent with the organization’s goals. Discuss and explain with examples five rater errors common in performance management. (20 marks) Question 4 Human resource planning
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Submitted by: dsjfhsuhdf May 8‚ 2012 I Introduction to Decision Making Decision making can be regarded as the mental processes (cognitive process) resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternative scenarios. Every decision making process produces a final choice. The output can be an action or an opinion of choice. Moreover‚ most complex managerial decisions are made with some uncertainty. Managers authorized substantial capital investments with less than complete
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In a dynamic and uncertain environment‚ strategic decision making is important because it can provide managers with a systematic and comprehensive means for taking into account the external environment‚ focusing on an organisation’s strength‚ minimising weaknesses‚ and identifying opportunities in which an organisation can have a competitive advantage. However‚ the decision may still fail if it is not implemented properly. Implementation causes the chosen course of action to be carried out within
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Running head: SHARED DECISION-MAKING AND COMMUNICATION Sharon Carter North Central University Assignment 10: Shared Decision-Making and Communication The use of technology has significantly improved the communication options within our society. The use of electronic mail and social networking sites are widely used to communicate personal and business related information within organizations to help fulfill their personal goals‚ missions and visions.
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Human Resources directors are a very important to every company‚ “experimental studies show that functions of human resources management (recruitment and selection‚ performance appraisal and career development‚ compensation/offering reward and benefits) have a positive relationship with organizational performance separately (Beig‚ Karbasian‚ & Ghorbanzad‚ 2012).” Choosing the correct person to direct the Human Resources could be a very strategic component for any company. As mentioned earlier
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RUNNING HEAD: DECISION MAKING MODEL Decision Making Model MGT 350 University of Phoenix Abstract Decision making models can be very effective in problem solving. Scheduling is a big problem at Direct HomeHealth Care and a solution needed to be found. Scheduling software which can be very expensive was the only conclusion that could be reached. With much thought and analysis a resolution was reached with critical thought and a decision making model from the Small Business Development
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1.1 Describe the main stages of the purchase decision-making process Answer: 1.1 Business buying decision process consists of the following steps. * Problem recognition * General need description * Product specification * Supplier search * Proposal solicitation * Supplier selection * Order routine specification * Performance review (Kotler‚ Armstrong‚ 2008) Problem recognition: It will occur when an organization recognizes a problem or need that can be meet by
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The purpose of this essay is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of group decision making which may perhaps lead to an improvement in organisational decision making. In order for an organisation to exist there must be a collection of people trying to achieve the same purpose. Several issues arise when a group comes together to discuss ideas and formulate plans effecting the organisation. Performance becomes more effective and efficient when proper techniques are used to accomplish a specific
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Group decision making could be analysed as a very complex process whereby individual contributions play a big role in it. Wood et al. (2010) explained that group decision effectiveness equates to individual contributions add group process gains and deduct group process loss. We felt that the decisions made in groups contributed to a major part to mould the behaviour of individuals in future group activities. Hence‚ it is crucial to focus and analyse on the key factors that created effective group
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