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“Our employees, who call themselves Googlers, are everything. We hope to recruit many more in the future. W e will reward and treat them well.”
L arry Page and Sergey Brin, Founders of Google
1 . Introduction
M anaging
h uman
r esources
effectively
h as
b ecome
vital
to
organizations w ithin t he m odern and f ast‐ paced b usiness environment
( Caldwell, Chatman, & O'Reilly , 1990 ) .
H uman Resources specialists are
m ore important in business strategies today w here m arket is dynamic and c hangeable .
1 .1.
O bjectives of the study
T o analyze HRM technique and methods
T o analyze
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Ouchi studied three different company‟s culture and saw that the
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d ifferen ces between those explained a part of the company‟s success.
D epending on his theory it seems that Google Inc. is the type Z US firms.
F ig 1 Ouchi‟s framework
Cultural
T ype J (Japanese
T ype A (typical
T ype Z (credite d
c haracteristics
m odel)
American model
American model)
Commitment to
L ife contract
S hort term contract
L ong term contract
E valuation
S low and qualitative
F ast and quantitative
S low and qualitative
Careers
L arge and not based
V ery narrowed and
Moderat ely based on
on specialty
s pecialty based
s pecialty
Control
I mplicit and informal
E xplicit and formal
I mplicit and informal
Decision making
G rouped and
I ndividual
G rouped and
e mployees
c onsensual
c onsensual
Responsibility
Collective
I ndividual
I ndividual
Concern for people
Holistic (fi rm and
Narrowed (individual
G lobal (individual at
f amily)
t asks)
work)
S ource: S iehl, C. & Ma rtin, J. (1998), Measuring Organizational Culture
O uchi argues that the culture of the Type Z firms helps those to outperform t ypical American firms. The main reason it that firms like Google systematically i nvests in their people an d operations over the long run and so obtain stead y and significant improvemen ts in the long - term performance.
G oogle tries to retain its employees and evaluate them in a quantitative but also q ualitative manner.
Today in the 21 century HR is the pipeline for every organization. However, when you think of HR you really done think about how import they are in an organization being able to reach their goals. In relation to Target, the HR department is continuously involved in helping the organization with their strategy and achieving goals. No as a Team Leader within Target I cannot emphasize enough how important the HR department is important. From helping with recruitment, employee retention, total rewards, performance management, while also taking into consideration employee law with ever decision or situation the HR department supports and give an organizations strategy the foundation for success.
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Five days after graduating highschool, I left my hometown for the United States Navy. The dress code was simple: hair needed to be cut a certain way, creases in my uniforms were to be exact, mandatory clean shaven face and my medals/ribbons needed to be in their proper place and perfectly aligned to standards. Once I retired, reality set it when I assumed the role as a Human Resourcess Manager or Director. Skirt lengths, open/closed toed shoes, cleavage (both front and rear), piercings and tattoos are just a few of the items I was responsible for in regulating at the corporate office. This paper will discuss many of the common dress code issues, legal responsibilities and a bit of personal humor and insight into the ordeal of establishing a dress code policy that will regulate your appearance. In addition, this paper will add some of my trials and pitfalls when establishign policy that might help some of my colleagues who will become Human Resources professionals learn to be realistic and quite possibly compassionate when it comes to preparing a dress code policy.
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