Gaining a Competitive Advantage Through Hrm Practices

To enhance HR effectiveness and provide value to the organisation the CIPD Professional Map sets out to define key professional areas and behaviours that a HR professional will need to develop within a generalist or specialist role. The map underpins knowledge, skills and behaviours and is organised in a progressive framework to meet organisational demands. HR objectives and strategies focus on the internal and external context that the organisation operates within and as a result, HR practitioners require strategic insights in order to implement proactive HR strategies aligned with organisational objectives.

Critically compare and contrast the ‘best fit’, BP and RBV models of HRM strategy – explain how EACH approach is argued to contribute to improve organizational performance.

Ford Company faced the labor surplus because of its high cost structure and decreased in the demand of automobile. There was no work for all employees in the company but the ford paid salary and other benefit to all employee even there are not contributing and involving in the production. As there was decrease in sales of Ford automobile, they had surplus in their work force. Moreover they were unable to afford to keep all the employing paying their salary. They also had to bear financial loss. Hence they were eager to cut down their entire work force. (htt91)

1. Good Practice in Human Resource Management (HRM) Based on an interview with Graham Walton, Library Service Development Manager at Loughborough University ExFiles FOLIO Course – January 2007

Headlines have seized on dramatic accounts of outrageous amounts earned by executives (Kay). The CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 20-to-1 in 1965 and 29.9-to-1 in 1978, grew to 122.6-to-1 in 1995, peaked at 383.4-to-1 in 2000, and was 295-to-1 in 2013, far higher than it was in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s. Chipotle boss Steve Ells earns 28.9 million, 1,522 times the median salary of 19,000. CVS Health boss Larry Merlo’s 32.4 million pay is nearly 1,192 times than that of a median worker’s 27,139; many more CEOs are in this same case, where they are making a disturbing amount over their workers. This image of executives shows just how much they are paid, and when it is put beside their median workers, it becomes a problem. This tragedy can befall both shareholders and employees when CEOs line their own pockets at the organization's expense (Kay). On the bright side, Google’s CEO Larry Page, has only been paid a dollar a year along with Zuckerberg since both company went public. Larry Page got exactly 1 dollar in 2014; his median worker got 153,150 (Reuters), which is a common move for tech CEOs who have already made their money and or take home a hefty amount of stock. Another case would be CEO Dan Price and his decision to dramatically increase wages at his company Gravity Payments, making himself go from being a millionaire, to making a salary

The importance of HRM’s role is not debated and some key characteristics of its influence have been identified. The degree of ‘fit’ between HRM policies and the wider organisational strategy for knowledge sharing, integration and creation must be analysed. Placing emphasis on individual experience or on collective knowledge bases has dramatic implications for the kinds of selection, career development and reward policies that will be effective for the organisation. There are also longer-term effects from HRM policy which have an impact on the quality of trust and relationships through which knowledge is shared. Newell et al (2002) note that there is something that emerges in an organisation ‘bottom-up’ out of informal interaction, which

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This essay discusses the role and function of Human Resource Management (HRM) within an organisation. The Harvard and Michigan models have been explained within the essay as they support the analysis of “soft” and “hard” HR approach that managers adapt when applying the HR policies to achieve different organisational strategies like diversification, acquisition and cost reductions. Subsequent section of the essay will examine the link between HRM and its strategies with examples taken from organisations like Harrods’ and Disney and institutes like NHS on how they use HR policies and strategies to achieve their organisational goals.

CRITICALLY COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE 'BEST FIT', 'BEST PRACTICE' AND 'RESOURCE-BASED VIEW', MODELS OF HRM STRATEGY AND EXPLAIN HOW EACH APPROACH IS ARGUED TO CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVED ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE.

Organizations, businesses, and companies across the globe use human resource management including those in the health care industry since the human resource department is considered as the spine of the organization by the workers. The seeming importance of human resource management originates from the fact the human resource department is responsible for various tasks in the organization that are directly linked to the organization's employees. In most cases, human resource management plays the significant role of motivating employees towards the accomplishment of the established organizational goals and objectives. In the health care industry, human resource management plays roles that are relatively similar to those it plays in other sectors or industries.

An organisation’s performance is vital to an organisation’s success. It is agreed upon that strategic human resource management (SHRM) can be a beneficial tool in achieving optimal organisational performance. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is a large-scale fast food chain with over thirty thousand employees (MarketLine, 2016). KFC must ensure all employees are motivated so that they improve their productivity, performance and ultimately achieve the organisation’s objectives by increasing their profit. However, as fast food organisations do not incorporate high performance work systems (HPWS) to manage their human resources, this resulted in low flexibility, decrease in the level of skills and abilities of employees and the employee’s perception of the organisation. This has also led to lower staff morale and increase in staff turnover. In order to resolve these issues, SHRM practices can be implemented. The use of the ability, motivation and opportunity (AMO) framework can be beneficial in determining the underlying reasons for employees’ behaviour that has led to low productivity, decreased motivation and high turnover. Additionally, an employee’s perception of an organisation’s objectives and commitment to the employees is also a critical issue that fast food organisations need to address. Restaurants in the fast food industry such as KFC can utilise strategic HRM to resolve issues that they encounter in order to ensure the workforce is operating efficiently and

Organizations are exposed to the challenges and opportunities posed by the increasing change and complexities in the business environment. The emergence of globalization, technical advancements, telecommunications revolution, growth of knowledge based workforce and intense competition; mandate the transformation of Human Resource Management (HRM) in organizations. It is necessary for the management to invest considerable time and amount, to learn the changing scenario of the HR department in the 21st century. In order to survive the competition and be in the race, HR department should consciously update itself with the transformation in HR and be aware of the HR issues cropping up. In this paper, first the evolution of HRM

Microsoft Corporation is one of the largest and most influential companies in the personal computer industry. It has won several awards for innovation, for their commitment to diversity, and for their flexible work arrangements. It has always been a leader in the market with regard to its compensation. With 80,0004 employees across the world, having more than $15 billion revenue, it is one of the biggest and best‐known technology companies in the world.

Microsoft Corporation is one of the largest and most influential companies in the personal computer industry. It has won several awards for innovation, for their commitment to diversity, and for their flexible work arrangements. It has always been a leader in the market with regard to its compensation. With 80,0004 employees across the world, having more than $15 billion revenue, it is one of the biggest and best‐known technology companies in the world.

In 1998, Stanford University graduates Larry Page and Sergey Brin combined their ingenuity and built a search engine called “BackRub” that evolved into what is now known as Google. Google, with over 150 domains, now functions as a search engine that offers many different products and services including web applications, advertising, sports scores, stock quotes, headlines, addresses, videos, etc. Google’s focus is “to provide useful and relevant information to the millions of people around the world as they rely on us (Google) to provide the answers they are seeking.”