The principal objectives of HRM may be listed thus: To help the organization reach its goals: HR department like other departments in an organization exists to achieve the goals of the organization first and if it does not meet these purposes‚ HR department (or for that matter any other unit) will wither and die. To employ the skills and abilities of the workforce efficiently: The primary purpose of HRM is to make people’s strengths productive and to benefit customers‚ Stockholders and employees
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1. Abstract It has been controversial and arguable for many years and is still on-going regarding whether HRM and organisational performance are directly or indirectly linked to each other. Some insist that it clearly has a positive impact on business performance whilst the others question that “why companies then hesitate to take the HR policies and why some of them adopt another alternative approaches?” From their point of view‚ it does not affect much of the organisational performance. Therefore
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The Impact of Globalization on Human Resource Management Globalization refers to the interconnection among countries‚ politically‚ economically and culturally. Globalization has come into existence due to the following factors: (i) betterment in transportation and communication‚ (ii) human and capital mobility‚ (iii) increasing formation and existence of NGOs and multinational corporations. Betterment and improved technology in transportation and communication across the globe has significantly
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HRM questions 2 1) Explain the development of human resource management and how it differs from personnel management. Human resource management involves all management decisions and practices that directly affect or influence the people‚ or human resources‚ who work for the organization. In other words‚ Human resource management is concerned with ‘people centric issues’ in management. The Human Resources Management (HRM) function includes a variety of activities‚ and key among them is deciding
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Supplementary Chapter HRM problems in Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of the least development countries (LDC) in the world. It’s Human Resource development index‚ as published by UN‚ is one of the poorest‚ literacy rate is poor. Extremely high level of corruption and politicization of society has made HR event tougher. These problems create several challenges for Human Resource Management in Bangladesh. Some of those are: 01. Very high population growth‚ unemployment‚ deteriorating ethical
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2.2 Cultural differences 7 2.2.3 Embracing new technology 8 2.2.4 Flexibility and Diversity 8 2.2.5 Controlling costs 9 2.2.6 Global economy 9 2.2.7 The strategic significance 10 3.3 Current Role of HRM 11 2.3.1 Functions of SHRM 12 3.4 HR as strategic partner 13 2.4.1 Strategic Business Plan 13 2.4.2 Strategy Development and Implementation 14 2.4.3 What are required of HR as Strategic Partner?
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Managing People at Work- Hard or Soft HRM Report The following report will present the hard and soft HRM practices performed by the primary stakeholders of the UK based retail store‚ RetailCom and its frontline manager. Hard and Soft HRM practices focus upon the interdependent organisational issues of a business and its management. Human resource management is a unitarist approach which is used to emphasise the connection between an individual and its organisation. To assess this‚ we must distinguish
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RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION Introduction Employing the right individual has the potential to‚ in the long run save the organisation money by reducing turnover. This highlights the importance of recruitment and selection of sales people. Various techniques should be employed to best avoid selecting the wrong individuals for the job. Effective recruitment processes are vital in attracting and retaining high quality staff (Marterel2005). This statement supports the argument that recruitment and selection
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human resource management (HRM) to distinguish between “rhetoric” and what is regarded as clearly separate “reality”. We have made an analysis of the above statement by examining the following Human Resource functions to see the gap between the rhetoric and the reality: 1) Human Resource Planning 2) Recruitment and Selection 3) Training and Development 4) Performance Management 5) Employee Relation 6) Employee Reward Rhetoric | Reality | Soft HRM * Employees considered
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction During the first decade of the twenty-first century‚ human resource management (HRM) thinking and practice have evolved in significant new directions. Issues and approaches that were previously seen in many organisations as being peripheral have moved to centre stage as HR agendas have been adjusted to take account of developments in the business environment. Hence we have seen much more interest in work–life balance issues‚ in HR ethics‚ partnership agreements and
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