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Example human resource management dissertation topic 8:
Human resource management in the Iranian National Petrochemical Company: A
case study focusing on the difficulties of skills shortages and personnel retention
The Iranian National Petrochemical Company was founded in 1964 and is the
second largest producer and exporter of petrochemicals in the Middle East.
The company and its subsidiaries face a number of HR problems that centre
upon the retention of foreign personnel and the training of indigenous workers.
This dissertation accordingly addresses not only issues pertaining to cultural,
social and economic differences (and the effects that these have upon foreign
national employment retention rates) but also those associated with recruiting
locally. Grounded in academic theory this thesis also benefits from a series of
email based interviews with managers within the INPC.
Suggested initial topic reading:
Ramezan, M. (2011) „Measuring the effectiveness of human resource information systems in
National Iranian Oil Company: An empirical assessment‟, Iranian Journal of Management
Studies.
Tajaddini, R., Mujtaba, B.G. and Bandenezhad, M. (2009) „Management skills of Iranians: A
comparison of technical, human and conceptual differences based on gender, age and longevity
in management ranks‟, Labour and Management in Development, Vol. 10, pp. 1-18.
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A comparative study relating to the adoption of e-HRM process in gas and oil
companies within Kuwait.
Zafar (2010) opines that the rising number of employers, employees and HRM
procedures has meant that effective policies of e-HRM have become
imperative so that the challenges facing HRM practitioners in the next decade
can be overcome in order to meet the HR challenges of the 21st century.
Given the need for the retention of skilled foreign nationals within the gas and
oil industry sector of Kuwait, this dissertation applies the work of Zafar and
others to the sector and accordingly investigates not only current e-HRM
practices but how its use and applications can be further increased and
improved.

2. Suggested initial topic reading:
Keebler, T. and Rhodes, W. (2002) „E-HR becoming the “'path of least resistance”‟, Employment
Relations Today, Vol. 29(2), pp. 57-66.
Ruël, H.J.M., Bondarouk, T. and Looise, J.C. (2004) „E-HRM: Innovation or irritation? An
explorative empirical study in five large companies on web-based HRM‟, Management Revue,
Vol. 15, pp. 364-380.
Zafar, J. (2009) E-Human resource management: A case study of the State Bank in
Pakistan. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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management.php#ixzz2HfdFSdDp
An analysis of the use of rewards management as an incentive for the retention of
staff within the higher education sector
As a relative new approach within HR, reward management is concerned with
the formulation and implementation of policies and strategies and policies
through which people are rewarded fairly for the value that they bring to the
company or organisation for which they work. Using the higher education
sector as a backdrop to this study this investigation analyses the extent to
which rewards, in addition to those financial, can increase staff morale and
retention rates amongst employees. Through so doing it considers whether
the traditional model of financial payment is sufficient within the current market
to ensure that employees always perform of their best.
Suggested initial topic reading:
Perkins, S.J. and White, G. (2011) Reward management: Alternatives, consequences and
contexts. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Taticchi, P. (2010) Business performance measurement and management: New contexts,
themes and challenges. Heidelberg: Springer.
Thomas, K.W. (2002) Intrinsic motivation at work: Building energy and commitment. San
Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
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management.php#ixzz2HfdR66ar
A review of the ethical and legal and dimensions surrounding diversity at work in
the context of human resource management
The nature of society is often mirrored in the culture of organisations that exist
within those societies. Accordingly, as society becomes more tolerant of
diversity there is a hope that corporate ethical best practices will adapt to
reflect those increasing levels of tolerance. Historically, since the time of

3. Barbara Castle, the UK has relied upon pro-active legislation to ensure that
the workplace becomes more diversified. However, recent academic analysis
such as that by Beauchamp, Bowie and Arnold (2008) suggests that
workplaces are now increasingly becoming diversified of their own accord.
This dissertation, which uses the food processing sector as the background
for its investigation; evaluates the changing nature of diversity within the
workplace over the last twenty years and in so doing seek further to evaluate
the extent to which legislation has kept pace with societal expectations.
Suggested initial topic reading:
Barmes, L. and Ashtiany, S. (2003) „The diversity approach to achieving equality: Potential and
pitfalls‟, Industrial Law Journal, Vol. 32(4), pp. 274-296.
Beauchamp, T. L., Bowie, N. E. and Arnold, D. G. (2008) Ethical theory and business (8th edn).
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Bird, A. and Beechler, S. (1995) „Links between business and transnational human resource
management strategy in US based Japanese subsidiaries: An empirical investigation‟, Journal
of International Business Studies, Vol. 26(1), pp. 23-46.
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