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Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
1. Identify how firms gain sustainable competitive advantage through people. 2. Explain how globalization is influencing human resources management. 3. Describe the impact of information technology on managing people. 4. Identify the importance of change management. 5. State HRs role in developing intellectual capital. 6. Differentiate how TQM and reengineering influence HR systems.
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Objectives (contd)
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
7. Discuss the impact of cost pressures on HR policies.
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Core Competencies
Integrated knowledge sets within an organization that distinguish it from its competitors and deliver value to customers.
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Planning Recruitment Staffing Job design Training/development Appraisal Communications Compensation Benefits Labour relations
EMPLOYEE CONCERNS
Background diversity Age distribution Gender issues Educational levels Employee rights Privacy issues Work attitudes Family concerns
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Going Global
Globalization
The trend toward opening up foreign markets to international trade and investment.
Impact of Globalization
Partnerships with foreign firms Anything, anywhere, anytime markets Lower trade and tariff barriers
NAFTA, EU, APEC trade agreements WTO and GATT
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capable expatriate managers. Developing foreign culture and work practice training programs. Adjusting compensation plans for overseas work.
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and retrieve of large quantities of data. Combine and reconfigure data to create new information. Institutionalization of organizational knowledge. Easier communications. Lower administrative costs, increase productivity, and response times.
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Source: HR and Technology Survey, Deloitte & Touche and Lawson Software, 1998. HRM 1 112
Impact of IT on HRM
Operational Impact Relational Impact
HRM
Transformational Impact
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Managing Change
Types of Change
Reactive change
Change that occurs after external forces have already affected performance Change initiated to take advantage of targeted opportunities
Proactive change
Formal change management programs help to keep employees focused on the success of the business.
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Six Sigma
A process used to translate customer needs into a set of optimal tasks that are performed in concert with one another.
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change. Depends on effective leadership and communication processes. Requires that administrative systems be reviewed and modified.
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Containing Costs
Downsizing
The planned elimination of jobs (head count).
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Source: Gene Koretz, Hire Math: Fire 3, Add 5, Business Week Online (March 13, 2000).
*All annual readings are for 12 months ending at midyear. Categories are not mutually exclusive.
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Containing Costs
Outsourcing
Contracting outside the organization to have work done that formerly was done by internal employees.
Employee Leasing
The process of dismissing employees who are then hired by a leasing company (which handles all HRrelated activities) and contracting with that company to lease back the employees.
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Productivity Enhancements
Perf = f (A,M,E)
MOTIVATION
Job enrichment Promotions Coaching Feedback Rewards
ABILITY ENVIRONMENT
Empowerment Teams Leader support Culture Recruitment Selection Training Development
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Age Distribution
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Gender Distribution
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Cultural Changes
Employee Rights
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Cultural Changes
Concern for Privacy Changing Attitudes Towards Work Balancing Work and Family
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Source: Association of Executive Search Consultants (member survey). Used with permission of the Association of Executive Search Consultants, http://www.aesc.org.
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Business Mastery
Business acumen Customer orientation External Relations
HR Mastery
Staffing Performance appraisal Rewards system Communication Organization design
Change Mastery
Interpersonal skills and influence Problem-solving skills Rewards system Innovation and creativity
Source: Arthur Yeung, Wayne Brockbank, and Dave Ulrich, Lower Cost, Higher Value: Human Resource Function in Presentation Slide 14 Transformation. Reprinted with permission from Human Resource Planning, Vol. 17, No. 3 (1994). Copyright 1994 by The Human Figure 1.9 Resource Planning Society, 317 Madison Avenue, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10017, Phone: (212) 490-6387, Fax: (212) 682-6851.
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