------------------------------------------------- FACULTY OF BUSINESS ------------------------------------------------- Graduate School of Business ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Management & Organisations - 21800 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Student Name: Arijit Banerjee ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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of HR promoting TQM in an organisation. TQM is primarily an organizational strategy considered as a change programme to achieve excellence and therefore HR has an important role to play in designing the interventions to prepare the people and the organizations for the desired change. The role of the HR Department in improving quality can be considerable. Broadly‚ it can: • Assist in the formulation of the firm’s strategic direction and needs. • Identify the human resource philosophies
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The corporate strategy guides organization’s positioning in terms of responsiveness‚ cost leadership and product differentiation. In broad terms‚ corporate strategy is concerned with the broad decision making like choosing the business network‚ capacity utilization etc. The corporate strategy dictates the detailed strategies for each functional area such as Human resource‚ Operations‚ Finance‚ and Marketing. The changes in corporate strategy has often lead to downsizing ‚unbundling ‚and increased
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Word Count: 2987 ‘The employment relationship has fundamentally changed in the last quarter-century‚ thus creating significant challenges for managers in today’s organisations’ Critically analyse the validity of this statement. In your answer refer to issues/theory discussed in class. Introduction The employment relationship is a complex and compelling area of study which involves "the interaction of employers‚ employees‚ trade unions and the government on a regular basis". (Gunnigle et al 2011)
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Compensation 23 Part 5: Employee Relations 23 The Topics Are Interrelated 23 4 VII viii CONTENTS CHAPTER SECTION SUMMARIES 24 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 24 INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACTIVITIES 25 EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISE: HELPING "THE DONALD" 25 APPLICATION CASE: JACK NELSON’S PROBLEM 26 CONTINUING CASE: CARTER CLEANING COMPANY 26 KEY TERMS 27
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conflicts Conflict is seen as an inherent feature of organisations and induced‚ in part‚ by the very structure of the organisation. The causes might stem from individual characteristics‚ interpersonal factors‚ communications‚ behavior‚ structure and previous interactions. “Conflict‚ per se‚ is not necessarily good or bad but an inevitable feature of organisational life and should be judged in terms of its effects on performance. Even if organisations have taken great care to try to avoid conflict it
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– with its inevitable companion‚ strategy – has always been a key word‚ the core‚ the near-ultimate weapon of ‘good’ and ‘true’ management. Yet‚ many firms‚ including Sony‚ Xerox‚ Texas Instruments‚ …have been remarkably successful… with minimal official‚ rational‚ and systematic planning.2 Chapter outline Introduction p. 38 Strategic management p. 38 Hierarchy of strategy p. 42 Strategic human resource management p. 46 HRM and organizational performance p. 60 Chapter objectives After
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Assessment activity 1 1. Compare and contrast two appropriate techniques that could be used to investigate incidents. You do not have to limit your response to techniques discussed in the text. Which techniques would you favor? Why? Interviews and Inspections can be to investigate incidents. I favor inspections‚ as this is raw data from the incident scene which can be used to draw up scenarios and conclusions. 2. When using questioning techniques to investigate
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ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR INTRODUCTION Organisation behaviour is the study and application of knowledge about how people -as individuals and as groups- act within organisations. Organisational behaviour comes from two words: - * Organisation and * Behaviour. Organisation is a place where two or more people work together in a structured way to achieve a specific goal or set of goals. Behaviour is response of an individual to stimulation. So organisational behaviour is the behaviour of
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Strategic Human Resource Management: to fly or to soar Human resources management is a function in the organisation that maximises the productivity and effectiveness of the employees through set of policies and procedures. Strategic Human resources management (SHRM) on the other hand is concerned with the introduction of the business strategy into the wider organisation to achieve a value added advantage through long term strategic view. SHRM was defined by Storey as: ‘A distinctive approach
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