There is an increase in the devolution of HR activity to line managers. What challenges do faced by both line managers and the HR function and how can organizations overcome them? In the ever challenging new business environment, practitioners as well as academicians have been discovering that relying on HR department to manage people in […]
Introduction To go global is the main theme of multinational companies for the coming decades, as the world had become more integrated. However, conducting businesses in different regions of the world can be challenging and complex. Although the world is becoming more integrated, the social, culture, economic and legal situations in different nations around the […]
Introduction Consistent with the ear of globalization, the world is getting smaller, and yet the market size is getting bigger. Multinational companies are now busy expanding to untapped foreign market for better growth and higher profitability. In this expansion process, one of the crucial elements that cannot be ignored is about the management of human […]
Introduction Human resource management is an important topic in business management, as people is the key assets of an organization that contribute and determine the success or failure of an organization in the ever challenging and competitive marketplace today. In most of the outstanding organization today, the key reasons for the high performance are often […]
What is meant by the concept of “survivor syndrome”? To what extent, and in what ways, can managers reduce the problems of survivor syndrome during and after redundancies? Survivor syndrome is a phenomenon happen when a company is undergoing retrenchment exercise in the organization, cutting down or dismissing part of the workforce, causing uneasy […]
In what way do you think the flexible work model benefits employers during times of economic growth AND downturn? There are many benefits can be enjoyed by employers through a design of flexible organization, be it during an economic downturn or growth time period. In the times of economic growth, flexible organization can enhance […]
What are the main issues that manager need to take into account when handling disciplinary matters in an organization? In implementing disciplinary issues in organization, there are several issues must be aware by manager. Firstly, manager must understand the objectives of disciplinary issues. When understandings of the disciplinary issues are achieved, then manger will […]
What are the main arguments for equality and diversity? If one is trying to achieve both at the same time, what challenges does this present? The main arguments for equality are to treat employees fairly. In fact, it is said that it is common sense and basic requirement of an effective manager to act […]
The first implication of globalization to HRM is the need to manage workers across borders. Employees working across border must be equipped with more knowledge, better attitudes, open-mindset and the HR managers should train the employees so that they have these knowledge and competent to work across borders, under different cultural settings and different working […]
Introduction Human resource development has been an important function of human resources management in an organization. In the increasingly knowledge based economy, the development of human resources is vital to the success and effectiveness of an organization (Schuler et. al., 1987). Much benefits can be reap through proper human resources development programs, while improperly implemented […]
Introduction In the last decades, a new batch of young workforce just joined the corporate world. These group of young workforce are called Gen-Y, and is also frequently known as “Gen-Why”, “Internet Generation”, “i-Pod Generation”, “Gen-Next”, “Baby Boomlets”, “Gen-Now”, “Boomerang Generation”, and the “Echo Boomers” (Carlson, 2010). In the new economy, Gen-Yers is not a […]
Introduction In today competitive business environment, the battle to retain and develop talented employees is becoming prevalent among the various aggressive organizations around the world. Especially under this knowledge economy, talents are becoming more critical and essential to the success of an organization. Put it bluntly, human capital is what will make or break a […]
Executive Summary This paper presents discussion and critical evaluation on the roles of line manager or human resource management practices provides the important push to hospitality industry in delivering a high level of service quality. First part of the paper introduces what is HRM and line managers function in the industry. Followed which the importance […]
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to examine the HRM functions and how leaders of company to actually use the theories for application and practice. HRM functions not only to assist decision making of senior managers but also as a tool to encourage employee participation and linking it to performance improvements and achieving company […]
Introduction In this writing, the training and development of human resources for Public Bank will be analyzed and investigated. Public Bank is chosen as the subject under studied because the author previously worked before in the bank subsidiaries in China. It is surprising that the bank has an excellent human resources management system – judging […]
In the process, various theories taught in the subject of ‘Managing for Results’ are applied, whenever relevant. The concepts taught are beneficial for the effective completion of the task assigned. Working in a group, the assignment research and presentation are completed through a series of well-planned steps as follow. Understandings on the topic and the […]
Introduction In this writing, a supervisor and team development program for Brilliant Life Insurance will be presented. The supervisor and team development program will be planned and formulated for Call-Centre of the company in UK and China. The reason is that up to date, there is no satisfactory and effective training and development program being […]
It is acknowledged that in large organizations, there may have different levels of managers, including top managers, middle managers and first-line managers. The roles of these managers may be different. Depending on the level at which the manager is operating at, his role in the organization may differ. Top (or executive) managers are responsible for […]
Introduction Starbuck is a company that place huge importance in its people. It is argued by the company that people are important for the company success, because it is people, but not products that enable Starbuck to attain competitive advantage in the marketplace. Such a competitive edge is not easy copied by the competitors, as […]
INTRODUCTION Nowadays Human Resource Management (HRM) plays a big role in organization. Company realizes that only by putting the right person in the right position on a right time can bring significant positive benefits to the entire organization. Thus, the methods on developing human capital and to use it became a profound problem, as it […]