WD5787.039-048 2/5/97 11:51 AM Page 39 HR AS A SOURCE OF SHAREHOLDER VALUE: RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS Brian E. Becker‚ Mark A. Huselid‚ Peter S. Pickus‚ and Michael F. Spratt1 Introduction The role of the Human Resource Management (HRM) function in many organizations is at a crossroads. On one hand‚ the HRM function is in crisis‚ increasingly under fire to justify itself (Schuler‚ 1990; Stewart‚ 1996) and confronted with the very real prospect that a significant portion of its traditional
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COMPENSATION‚ BENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS One of the most difficult functions of personnel management is that which concerns compensating the employees fairly and equitably. OVERVIEW OF THE COMPENSATION SYSTEM The American Regime * Act No. 102 Act Regulating the Salaries of Officers and Employees in the Philippine Civil Service The Commonwealth Regime * Commonwealth Act No. 402 An Act to Provide for the Classification of Positions and Standardization of Salaries in the Government
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The Future Trends in Healthcare “Health care trends refer to statistical patterns identified in the health care industry. Government authorities and other industries examine and use trends to preserve or enhance the health and wellness of those in the community” (ehow‚ 2012).The health care industry has seen many advances and improvements in recent years and this trend will continue because of advances in technologies‚ diseases‚ medications and many more. “Health care trends allow analysts to identify
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Global Human Capital Management Trends Change is never easy. Casino X has been working with the same mindset for many years. In the past this was a profitable company but with the globalization of culture and the marketplace‚ due in part to the technology growth and the internet‚ they cannot successfully work with an outdated human resource system. The casinos have had a transactional style of leadership; believing that the primary purpose of a subordinate is to do their jobs‚ create clear work
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Organizations globally require humans to operate. However mechanized or streamlined these organizations are‚ humans are still at the seat of control and management. From this perspective‚ the importance of human resource as an the asset of the firm is significantly felt. Interaction between humans has never been a straightforward task as simply pushing a lever. On a higher scale‚ deployment of human resources is similarly a difficult task of which a carefully minded process is orchestrated for
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HUMAN RESOURCE ROLE IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Introduction The urge of an organization to acquire and preserve the knowledge of its employees within its organization has lately become tremendously increasing due to the rising competitions among all organizations. Be it a profit or non-profit and big or small organizations‚ the environment of the present situation is so much different from a particular organization doing its business 10 years ago. In those days‚ an organization has all the luxury
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Information technology‚ also known as IT‚ has drastically changed the workplaces of the world in the past 50 years. The field of human resources has historically been limited to a clerical or administrative role in the business arena‚ dealing mainly with tasks like payroll or attendance. In the modern market‚ new core HR responsibilities include recruitment and training‚ oversight of legal and regulatory compliance‚ benefits administration and the safeguarding of confidential employee information
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world. One cannot successfully implement culture into an organization without the proper structure. The leadership of an organization is ultimately responsible for creating the structure. The future of the organization is critical to the structure; if the organization does not have set goals for the future‚ there is nothing to accomplish or overcome. Rules‚ policies and procedures also need to be established to set boundaries in an organization. Rules‚ policies and procedures are set to hold employees
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Can the existing rate of attrition shape up to be a cause of concern for the growth of Indian IT industry? Research Aim To analyse and explain the issues that are underlying factors for the existing attrition rate and what impact it can have on the industry in the near future. Research Objectives The study is aimed at finding the attrition rate within the Indian IT industry and the factors that contribute to it. It will also help analyse the effect of such figures of employee turnover on the
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human resource management January 24‚ 2014 How can companies make sure they do not discriminate against women as the workforce becomes more diverse? •offer full scholarships to female employees for campus or online colleges while still maintaining their position in the company with a chance of promotion once the required course is completed. • Compare pay to performance (male or female) and make diversity a part of that performance. • Conduct discrimination policy training. • seeing as
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