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Human Resource
Management
Rapid Change
Workforce Diversity
Globalization
Rise of Internet
Legislation
Evolving Work and Family Roles
Skill Shortages and the Rise
of the Service Sector
Organization
Competitive Position: Cost,
Quality, Distinctive Capabilities
Decentralization
Downsizing
Organizational Restructuring
Individual
Matching People and Organization
Ethical Dilemmas and Social Responsibility
Productivity
Empowerment
Brain Drain
Job Insecurity
Effective HR Strategy
Formulation and
Implementation
Organizational
Strategies
Fit
Consistency
Consistency
Fit
Organizational
Characteristics
Environment
Consistency
HR Strategies
Fit
Improved
Firm
Performance
Fit
Consistency
Organizational
Capabilities
Personnel Aspects Of A
Managers Job
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Examples of HR Job
Duties
Recruiters
Search for qualified job applicants.
Job analysts
Collect and examine information about
jobs to prepare job descriptions.
Examples of HR Job
Duties
Compensation managers
Develop compensation plans and handle the
employee benefits program.
Training specialists
Plan, organize, and direct training activities.
Measuring HRs
Contribution
Strategy
The companys long-term plan for how it will
balance its internal strengths and weaknesses
with its external opportunities and threats to
maintain a competitive advantage.
HR Metrics
Absence Rate
[(Number of days absent in month) (Average number of
employees during mo.) (number of workdays)] 100
HR Expense Factor
HR expense Total operating expense
HR Metrics
Turnover Costs
Cost to terminate + Cost per hire + Vacancy Cost + Learning
curve loss
Turnover Rate
[Number of separations during month Average number of
employees during month] 100
HRM Practices
Increase employees
KSA
Training
Selection
Compensation Level
Motivation Enhancing
Practices
Internal Promotion
Incentive System
Empowerment
Enhancing Practices
Grievance Procedure
Flex Time
Employment Security
Participation Programme
Expatriate
A citizen of one country living and
working in another country.
Transnational
Corporation
A firm with operations in many
countries
and
highly
decentralized operations. The
firm owes little allegiance to its
country of origin and has weak
ties to any given country.
Managing an International
Subsidiary
Ethnocentric Approach
Top management and other key positions are
filled by people from the home country
Polycentric Approach
International subsidiaries are managed and
staffed by personnel from the host country
Geocentric Approach
Nationality is deliberately downplayed and the
firm actively searches on a worldwide or regional
basis for the best people to fill key positions
Disadvantages
Makes it difficult to balance local
demands and global priorities
Leads to postponement of
difficult local decisions (such as
layoffs) until they are
unavoidable, when they are more
difficult, costly, and painful than
they would have been if
implemented earlier
May make it difficult to recruit
qualified personnel
May reduce the amount of control
exercised by headquarters
Disadvantages
Creates problems of adaptability
to foreign environment and
culture
Increases the foreignness of
the subsidiary
May involve high transfer, salary,
and other costs
May result in personal and family
problems
Has disincentive effect on localmanagement morale and
motivation
May be subject to local
government restrictions