The document provides an assignment for a human resource management consultant to advise a company on restructuring their HR practices to compete globally. It includes:
1. Identifying strategic issues for the board of directors and critically examining the company's HR system using SHRM theories.
2. Proposing a training strategy to create a high-performance organization and a strategic HR implementation plan covering areas like recruitment and performance management.
3. Examples of potential HR challenges companies may face including developing digital skills in a retail workforce and addressing staffing shortages in industries like healthcare.
3. ASSIGNMENT
• As a Human Resource Management Consultant,
you have been invited by a company of your
choice to advise them on the possibility of
restructuring their HR practices in order to
compete more effectively in the global
marketplace. Linking relevant theories on SHRM,
and the role of SHRM in creating a high-
performance organization, discuss and critically
examine the HR system within the selected
company.
4. • Identify strategic issues that need to be addressed by the
Board of Directors
• Critical reflection of different SHRM development and
practices from various business sectors and propose
training strategy to create high performance organisation
for the chosen firm.
• Provide a strategic HR implementation plan to create a
high performance and competitive organisation.
5. • The proposed implementation plan should
cover SHRM, HR Planning, Recruitment,
Selection, Performance Appraisal
strategies.
15. 2. DIFFERENT TITLES: PM, HRM AND MHC
“ Personnel management is the part of the
management concerned with people at work
and their relationships with an
enterprise................" manual page 5
"............. to ensure.................... the
employees obtain both material and
psychological rewards from their
work".... manual page 7
24. Internal: what kind of company do we want to
be?
Versus
Walmart
Factors impacting on relationship:
Internal and External
NORDSTROM
Low cost differentiated service
Highly efficient staff empowered staff
operations staff: Keep an eye on stock customised
25. EXTERNAL: PEST OR PESTLE
Political + Legal
Examples:
- Discrimination at work
- Minimum wage legislation
- Max working hours
- Whistle-blowing
36. 1. Taylorism
• Rational Economic Man : M__________ is a prime
motivator of human behaviour
• Taylor also emphasised work methods= Assembly
Line Production
F W TAYLOR (1905)
ONEY
49. Power Distance
The way that society treats the unequal distribution
of W______, S_____ or R_____.
50. Individualism and Collectivism:
• concerns for self and immediate family
versus concern for a larger group
Femininity versus Masculinity:
• relationships versus material acquisition
52. Influence of Japanese Management
on HR thinking (1980s)
Theory J Theory A
Theory Z
Length of
Employment
Career path
lifetime short long
Progression
and exposure
to many areas
Specialised
In chosen
area
Less
specialised
Than A
Slow Rapid Slow
Promotion
Appraisal L_______ P___________ ?
Consensus
By many
Decision making Consensus
By many
Individual
Responsibility for
Decision outcome collective individual ?
Welfare benefits Many Few Many
oyalty erformance
53. Theory Z= model of HRM
Biased towards J
Ignores the exploitative nature of
Japanese management.
William Ouchi (1981)
J+A=Z
58. • Storey's Hard and Soft model
• Purcell's HR classification
• Legge: Differences between PM and HRM
• Resource-Based View
• Harvard Model
• Etc
SPECIFIC STUDIES OF HRM
69. Impact of Globalisation on HRM
• Peter Drucker: "Every
manager must be a -------
manager"
• Robert Townsend " The first
role of the CEO is to fire the
HR department"