Literature Review
“Thirty-two years of development of human resource management in China: Review and prospects” (Shuming Zhao, Juan Du, 2012) is a journal paper that concentrating on the hypothetical advancements and practical applications of HRM, it first audits the move of HRM in China from planned labor force allocation to current HR management in three particular eras since China 's reformation and opening-up. After, it analyzes and discusses the difficulties of human resource management research and its practices from the points of view of internationalization, corporate culture, and hierarchical development in the time of China 's economic transition. Last but not least, it introduces the future prospects and trends of HRM in China. Although this article mainly focuses on the HRM system in the whole Chinese business society, still, most part of the insights can be instructively enlightening for Chinese SOEs.
Shuming and Juan expressed that HR management practice in Chinese enterprises keep on exhibiting issues. To start with, most organizations are attempting to figure an assortment of HR management approaches and policies reliable with the best practices. Nevertheless, the official capacity in numerous organizations still should be made strides. Second, most organizations have constructed the capacity to lead position administration through job analysis, yet, the level of standardization is still generally low. Third, the recruitment work in Chinese ventures has
1. Ch 1, page 60-61, question 4: What is “evidence based HR”? Why might an HR department resist becoming evidenced based?
2. Give some examples of ethical issues that you have experienced in jobs, and explain how HR did or did not help resolve them.
People are biggest asset for every organization and, therefore, to draw, motivate, and preserve the most skilled employees and assign them to jobs for which they are exceptionally well suited is a responsible job for human resource. Therefore, human resources management is done in all type of organizations. Profound management of people is equally indispensable in success of organizations as the sound management of production, finance, and other operations. The human resource management field postulates the infinite diversity of people and their dynamics (McKenzie & Traynor, 2002). To get into this career field, one must have the required education degree by completing many different courses, and have the experience along with skills and
This has highlighted a crucial issue for international companies to be aware of the cross-cultural implications in the conception, design and implementation of the various market entry strategies for the Chinese markets, especially when considering the Human Resources Management strategies since Corporate Strategy will in turn determine the Human Resource (HR) strategy to be deployed.
Currently under market economy in China, national leaders start to realize that in order to separate public administration from private management, politics and affairs, government and social organizations, it is most important to separate human affairs from different sectors than separating organizations and functions. The enterprises, institutions and social organizations should establish their own personnel management system, make their personnel management decisions and implement them
There are several different challenges for Human Resource Management teams in organizations throughout the world. The HR strategies of these various organizations are very dependent on the culture of the country in which the organization resides. Hofstede’s theory of cultural dimensions is a great way to distinguish between the traditional HR aspects of organizations in different parts of the world. Although both the United States and Japan have very successful companies, there are differences in the way these organizations handle HR issues.
A manager must recognize the employees with knowledge and skills and encourage them to use their abilities. Organization and managers should recognize their successful business which this success depends on human capital and
Analysis of Human Resource Management The report starts with the introduction to Human Resource Management (HRM) and the role it has to play within an organisation followed by brief introduction of the chosen organisation for the discussion-McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd. Also, it gives the reasons why this organisation has been chosen. The report presents the key strategic issues and corporate strategy of McDonald’s.
Human Resource Management involves a wide array of functions that encompasses the time from when an employee enters an organization to the time the employee leaves the organization. The specific activities that are involved in HRM include job design and analysis, recruitment, orientation and placement, development and training of the personnel, employee remuneration, and performance appraisal (Aswathappa, 2007: 5). This paper shall focus on three main activities which are recruitment, training, and personnel development. When it comes to recruitment, it is incumbent upon the Human Resource Manager to bring into the workforce, employees that are both wiling and competent to accomplish specific tasks. The work of recruitment goes hand in
Human Resource Management Businesses use different motivational techniques to keep employees happy, it is important to keep employees happy so that they work effectively and efficiently. The HR department will spend lots on different ideas to try and keep their employees working hard often including rewards for hard work or constant attendance or even by in some cases punishing workers for not working to their potential. I will look into different cultures, motivational theories and techniques, job satisfaction, the importance of management styles, is money the only motivator and employee demotivation. Examples of motivational techniques In 1943 Abraham Maslow suggested that all people have a hierarchy of needs.
The Chinese system can still be classified as bureaucratic and rigid. In order for employees to join foreign companies their personal files need to be released by their current work units or employers, which causes hindrance and leads to wastage of time and resources. Joint ventures between foreign enterprises and SOE’s are overstaffed and leads to opportunity cost of having better and more skilled employees. Foreign organizations usually overspend on their HR and training budget because training and development is a powerful motivator for employees in China. Using connections or networks in order to land a job for
It is a competitive and dynamic place, viewed as the strategic gateway to the vast Chinese market (Enright, Scott & Dodwell, 1997). Some MNCs from Western countries use Hong Kong as their Asian base to coordinate their business in the region (Meyer, 2008). Thus, it represents an ideal research site to examine the major considerations of MNCs regarding the implementation of HRM system in their overseas subsidiaries. Our paper is structured as follows. The next section provides a review of relevant literature on HRM in general and HPWS in particular within the MNCs context. The paper then advances some hypotheses about the determinants of the adoption of HPWS in foreign subsidiaries of MNCs. The method section describes the sample and the study variables, followed by the section on statistical analyses and results. In the last section, the implications of our findings are discussed and directions for future research are suggested. LITERATURE REVIEW HRM in MNCs MNCs are playing an indispensable role in the globalisation process, particularly in the dissemination of management practices and diffusion of international standards (Bartlett & Ghoshal, 1998; Edwards & Ferner, 2005; Rubery & Grimshaw, 2003). The management of their overseas subsidiaries is challenging for MNCs, given the complex and changing environment they face (Bartlett & Ghoshal, 1989; Geppert & Matten, 2006). A central issue in managing foreign subsidiaries for MNCs is the
HRM activities such as recruitment and selection, training and development, reward and performance appraisal, may all be affected by cultural values and practices in the respective host countries. Even though they have standardized HRM policies and practices through the world, we will analyze in this essay the way
With the interference of globalization in the hotel industry, it is inevitable for the hotel companies to meet with different environmental conditions and forced them to study about different management approaches in order to sustain with competing environmental circumstances which would enable them to realize, both negative and positive effects. Since the international trade and business has expanded, there is no doubt that the international linkage is a must. (ZhenJia) Globalization is a procedure that is drawing individuals together from all countries of the world into a solitary group connected by the tremendous system of correspondence innovations. This part of globalization has likewise influenced the HRM in the business universe of today. HR directors today not have to depend in a little restricted business sector to locate the right workers expected to meet the worldwide test, yet today they can enlist the representatives from around the globe. Other than that the viable information based which is being utilized all around today likewise has made HRM a straightforward yet successful undertaking. Along these lines because of globalization to some degree HRM has turned out to be more proficient and powerful, however moderately a basic errand. The most imperative component that these associations are comprised of People, and since HRM is the arrangement of exercises which manages the general population variable present in any association, this change has
Abstract: As human resources management and organizational culture are closely related, it is very meaningful to study human resource management from the cultural and cross-cultural perspective. Effective management of cross cultural human resources is the guarantee of Chinese enterprises running successfully under cross cultural background and region. The article concerns that the following aspects should be understanding of the cross-cultural human resources management.