you should be able to: u Critically explore and evaluate the ethical nature of human resource management; u Identify and define current ethical and moral issues confronting HR managers; u Compare‚ contrast and critically appraise a range of approaches to ethical analysis; u Critically appraise the relevance and usefulness of philosophical analysis to HR practice. Introduction Human Resource Management is a business function that is concerned with managing relations between groups of people
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Introduction: Human resource management (HRM) is a way of employment management which can create sustainable competitive advantage and add value by integrating employment policies‚ programs and practices (Bratton and Gold‚ 2003). According to Storey‚ HRM consists of two approaches in term of style: ¡®hard¡¯ and ¡®soft¡¯ approaches. Compare with personal management‚ HRM not only identifies the ¡®hard¡¯‚ which roots in the manpower planning approach‚ but also considers the ¡®soft¡¯‚ which focuses
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1996; Wright & McMahan 1992). This focus on the strategic role of HRM in meeting business objectives by creating an organizational environment that encourages employee behaviours and capabilities that contribute to firm competitive advantage has been labelled strategic human resource management (SHRM) (Bowen & Ostroff 2004; Collins & Clark 2003; Collins & Smith 2006). 1.1 Background of the Study Numerous studies have found that HRM practices have a positive effect on firm performance (Arthur
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Manage. Mark. Res.‚ Vol. 5. Inyang BJ (2010). Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM): A Paradigm Shift for Achieving Sustained Competitive Advantage in Organization. Int. Bull. Bus. Adm.‚ 7: 23-36. Jackson SE‚ Seo J (2010). The greening of strategic HRM scholarship. Organ. Manage. J.‚ 7: 278-290. Jackson SE‚ Schuler RS‚ Werner S (2008). Managing Human Resources. 10th ed. Cengage Learning.
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Why is strategic HRM so important for organisations? Explain how strategic HRM can be facilitated and how it can contribute to an organisation. Strategic HRM: can be defined as the linking of human resources with strategic goals and objectives in order to improve business performance and develop organizational culture that brings up innovation‚ flexibility and competitive advantage. Strategic HRM involves setting employment standards and policies. Moreover it is not any particular human resource
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Human Resource Management I The history of human resource management has reflected prevailing beliefs and attitudes held in society about employees‚ the response of employers to public policy (for example‚ health and safety and employment standards legislation) and reactions to trade union growth. In the early stages of the Industrial Revolution in Britain‚ the extraordinary codes of discipline and fines imposed by factory owners were‚ in part‚ a response to the serious problem of imposing standards
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relative to accountants and marketers‚ because of its historic welfare and operational origins. Promoting the strategic significance of HRM has given HR Managers the opportunity to raise their status through developing HR strategies which link with corporate strategies. 12/08/2011 5 There are two broad approaches to linking HRM to strategy One approach advocates ‘best practice’ or ‘universalism’ and argues that firms will be better off if they adopt best
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HRM/498 STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND EMERGING ISSUES Final Exam Instruction: True/False – Please mark each sentence with the appropriate answer 1. An organization’s human resources are a means by which the firm fosters a sustained competitive advantage. ____TRUE______ 2. To achieve sustainable competitive advantage through people‚ an organization’s employees’ skills‚ knowledge‚ and abilities
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LECTURE 12 : INTERNATIONAL HRM Objective of this chapter: 1) IHRM and differentiate between domestic HRM and IRHM 2) Role of HR in international firm 2) Management of Expatriates 12.1 Introduction – Definition of International HRM from the perspective of a multinational firm The field of international HRM has been characterized by three broad approaches. Early work in this field emphasized a cross-cultural management approach and examines human behavior within organizations from an international
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