business‚ an industry or even a total market’.[2] The factors which need to be considered for environmental scanning are events‚ trends‚ issues and expectations of the different interest groups. Issues are often forerunners of trend breaks. A trend break could be a value shift in society‚ a technological innovation that might be permanent or a paradigm change. Issues are less deep-seated and can be ’a temporary short-lived reaction to a social phenomenon’.[3] A trend can be defined as an ‘environmental
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ARTICLE REVIEW ON LEGAL ISSUES IN HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Grade: A (95%) ARTICLE: Solnik‚ C. (2006‚ September). Employers told to prevent sexual harassment through policies‚ training‚ and procedures. St. Charles County Business Record (MO). FRAMEWORK: This article was written based on an incident that took place in an end-of-the-year holiday party at an unidentified company. The incident involved a female and a male employee and resulted in a sexual-harassment complaint by the female
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organizations. Different organizations will approach the process with different degrees of sophistication‚ thoroughness and commitment. Some organizations due to resource limitations may be unable to follow the formal process of strategy formulation. Other organizations may lack the necessary managerial commitment to implement a strategic plan. Managers who utilize the concepts of strategy development informally without implementing a formal process could still earn significant benefits from it. Advantages:
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1‚ Explain the steps in Human Resource Planning. Human resource planning is a process through which the company anticipates future business and environmental forces. Human resources planning assess the manpower requirement for future period of time. It attempts to provide sufficient manpower required to perform organizational activities. HR planning is a continuous process which starts with identification of HR objectives‚ move through analysis of manpower resources and ends at appraisal of HR planning
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are largely beyond management’s control. 1)Globalization: how to compete against foreign firms. The Internet is fueling globalization‚ and most large firms are actively involved in manufacturing overseas‚ international joint ventures‚ or collaboration with foreign firms. Worldwide recruiting‚ forming a organizational culture‚ a virtual workforce. 2) Internet Revolution: The dramatic growth of the Internet in recent years affects organizations and their human resourcepractices. Almost all firms
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integration is obvious. (Coase‚ 1937)IHRM is now confronted with different issues toward the cross-cultural configuration which the political‚ economic‚ social and legal systems among different countries are involved.(Mendenhall‚ M‚ 2000) Different levels of analysis can provide a framework for analyze and evaluate the IHRM practice‚ resource allocation or leadership style in making response to the internationalization process. For the global level analysis‚ it is based on the geocentric approach which
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Assignment 1 (27 03 2013) is directly linked to the exam being written on 03 06 2013 and should only be completed and submitted if you are writing your exam on this date. Total: 100 marks SECTION A (50 MARKS) Question 1 (10 marks) Define the traditional roles that Human Resource Management plays in an organisation and describe how changes in global economies have added new responsibilities. Discuss these in the context of the South African working environment. 1.1 - Traditional
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implementation of a human resource strategy working towards the achievement of the strategic objectives of the business organization. A strategic approach to human resource management entails that the management processes link the human resource policies and activities with the set strategic goals of a business organization. To achieve a successful strategic approach to human resource management‚ a business organization must first determine its operational factors that affect the establishment of
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Effect Utilization of Human Resource Management For a company‚ Human Resource [HR] is the most important asset it can have. It is only this asset whose value increases with time while others depreciate (Mathur‚ 2002). Mathis and Jackson (2003‚ pp.4) defines Human Resource Management [HRM] as ‘The design of formal systems in an organization to ensure effective and efficient use of human talent to accomplish organizational goals’. This is further explained by Newman and Hogetts (2003) as functions
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between Personnel management and Human Resource management. Ans. Distinction between Personnel management & Human Resources management The history of Human Resources management traces its roots to the erstwhile Personnel management that was prevalent in the companies of a few decades ago. Though the two terms ‘Personnel Management’ and ‘Human Resources Management’ are interchangeably used by most of the authors‚ there are key differentiators that make Personnel Management (PM) different
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