Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)‚ AN HRM CASE STUDY (Source: http://ideasthoughts.erruppackal.com/2009/09/hennes-mauritz-hm-an-hrm-casestudy/) This is a case study on H&M‚ from a Strategic Human Resource Management perspective‚ based on publicly available details of H&M‚ which has been analyzed and presented within the context of the perspective. This case study was prepared to meet the requirements of an academic exercise. Contents: INTRODUCTION & COMPANY STRATEGY: HUMAN RESOURCE
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analyze and valuate the strategic human resource management of H&M. The study will include the HR function and policy of the company. We will also study the recruitment and selection procedure of the company. BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY H&M was established in 1947 by Erling Persson in Sweden. The first H&M offer high quality fashion and quality at its best price. The company deals in fashion for men‚ women‚ teenagers and children. H&M also deals in cosmetics‚ accessories and footwear
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The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington‚ D.C.‚ the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban‚[1] and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical style. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801‚ he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward
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The sight of its own reflection in a mirror will stimulate a ritualized series of responses toward the intruder. The purpose of this experiment is to describe the ritualized agonistic display of a male Siamese fighting fish after by stimulated by its own reflection in a mirror. If two fish are placed in the same aquarium together there is typically a ritualistic display until one of the fish becomes subordinate. We conducted an experiment by placing a mirror to the Male Siamese Fighting Fish‚ creating
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H&M’s value chain: The value chain‚ made by Michael Porter‚ is really important to see how a company structure is created. The value chain is constituted by two parts: support activities (firm infrastructure‚ human resource management‚ technology development‚ procurement) and primary activities (inbound logistic‚ operations‚ outbound logistic‚ marketing and sales‚ service). (Johnson et al. 2011‚ p.97-99) Support activities: * Firm infrastructure: H&M is present in 44 markets in the
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Film as Mirror in Hitchcock’s Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo is a master’s class in subtle and effective filmmaking - its noirish tale of obsession and loss is considered one of his best works. This is due in no small part to the directors’ use of the various elements of film as a mirror. Hitchcock intends to create a sense of repetition and a cyclical nature to the life of the characters in the film; following Scottie (James Stewart) through his descent and ascent into madness deals significantly
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A Dolls House: 2. How does the imagery in the play aid the audience to appreciate the themes‚ the dramatic question(s)‚ of the play? A Doll’s House is a play written in 1879 by Henrik Ibsen depicting the story of a couple Nora and Torvald Helmer. The play specifically follows the journey of the character Nora’s self-discovery and struggle against the oppression of her husband Torvald and the society that he represents. Ibsen uses non-verbal elements such as screen directions and setting descriptions
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Enclosure 1 10 Introduction In 2009 H&M and Zara were accused of using child labour (www.ilo.org). Even though H&M is a huge company the scandal damaged the reputation of H&M and without the right recovering strategy the damages might have been fatal. Since the scandal H&M has worked towards a better image by implementing CSR and taking a clear stand towards social responsibility. We have chosen to make a marketing audit on the company H&M‚ their use of CSR‚ and the consequences
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Personal development and methodology The motivation within H&M 08-10-2012 Picture 1 (www.facebook.com) Tabel of content Tabel of content 2 1.1 Introduction 3 2.1 Problem statement 3 2.2Delimitation/interpretation: 3 3.1 Methodology section 4 3.2 Reviewing theories and models: 5 4.1 Analysis 6 4.2 Motivation to reach the financial goals within H&M 6 4.3 Motivation within the CSR and the environment 8 4.4 Structure 10 5.1 Discussion 12 6.1 Conclusion 13 Appendix
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economy: TAX: Since 99% of H&M´s garments are produced outside of Sweden‚ and they claim that “H&M sees tax as an important part of its social responsibility”‚ it´s hard to understand why the company does not redistribute any profit to the producing countries. H&M avoid paying income tax in sourcing markets by coordinating all their procurement orders through representative (procurement) offices in the producing countries. According to Erik Knijnenburg‚ the Global Tax Manager of H&M‚ there is no commercial
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