...outsourcing HR Functions 4 3.1 Managing and minimising risk 5 3.2 Cost Savings 5 3.3 Efficiency and economies of scale 5 3.4 Professional Expertise 5 3.5 Improved Employee Morale 6 4. Disadvantage 6 4.1 Poor Performance and decline in quality 6 4.2 Distance and lowering moral 6 4.3 Recruitment Problems 6 4.4 Leak of important internal information 6 4.5 Perceived loss of power and control 7 4.6 Increased Direct Costs 7 5. e-HRM 7 5.1 Objective of e-HRM 7 5.2 Advantages of e-HRM 8 5.3 Disadvantages of e-HRM 8 6. Conclusion and Advice to the Client 8 1. Definition of outsourcing The Human Resource department is considered to be one of the highly accredited departments of the organization; these are the people who provide the working resource to the company and keeping the company afloat even in the worst economic downtime. The best way in which the HR can be managed is decided by the HRD. The ways in which the human resource management is done has changed considerably in the recent years. The HR activities and functions can now be delivered, not only by the specialised Human Resource professionals, but also through outsourcing (Ulrich 1996; Tremblay, Party and Lanoi 2008). The HR outsourcing can be defined as the purchasing of the HR functions and services from a third party supplier. HR outsourcing can also be defined as the process of subcontracting a process, such...
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...Personnel Review HR outsourcing: threat or opportunity? Jeroen Delmotte Luc Sels Article information: To cite this document: Jeroen Delmotte Luc Sels, (2008),"HR outsourcing: threat or opportunity?", Personnel Review, Vol. 37 Iss 5 pp. 543 - 563 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00483480810891673 Downloaded on: 27 September 2014, At: 02:58 (PT) References: this document contains references to 65 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 10667 times since 2008* Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: Jean Woodall, William Scott#Jackson, Timothy Newham, Melanie Gurney, (2009),"Making the decision to outsource human resources", Personnel Review, Vol. 38 Iss 3 pp. 236-252 John Hindle, (2005),"HR outsourcing in operation: critical success factors", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 13 Iss 3 pp. 39-42 Peter Brown, (2010),"The power of HR outsourcing", Strategic HR Review, Vol. 9 Iss 6 pp. 27-32 Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by 131740 [] For Authors If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.com Emerald...
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...all Human Resource activities. When these activities respectively are carried out efficiently it will result in a competent and willing workforce These models establish the need for people to be recruited and developed, which in turn will enable them to achieve the organizational goals and maintain performance. HRM models can be termed as Harvard model, Michigan model and more recently introduced Guest comparative model respectively. Hard human resource management Here Workers are considered a resource that needs to be controlled in order to achieve the best possible profit and competitive advantage. The Michigan model. This focuses on hard HRM, because it outlines the importance of treating employees simply as means to achieve organizations strategy or as a ‘pure’ resource. Thus characteristics of hard HRM is seen in this Michigan model. Here it follows task focused employee approach which has highly defined and narrow job design and usually employees are strictly guided. Jobs are usually repetitive, shows a hierarchical culture no defined career progression offered. It defines that people should be obtained cheaply, used sparingly and developed to be exploited fully. It says that internal human resource policies should have a tight fit to the external business strategy of the organization, and thus known as ‘matching model’. The Michigan model states the different business strategies found and relates them to contrasting styles of HRM in activities such as selection,...
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...Electronic HRM Practice and Organizational Performance Introduction: The processing and transmission of digitalized HR information is called electronic human resource management (e-HRM). E-HRM is the application of IT for HR practices which enables easy interactions within employee and employers. It stores information regarding payroll, employee personal data, performance management, training, recruitment and strategic orientation. Information technology is changing the way HR departments handle record keeping and information sharing. It decreases the paperwork substantially and allows easy access to voluminous data. The employee can also keep track of his/her achievements without having to go through litigious procedures. It uses intranet or other web technology channels. It can also be used for implementation of different HR strategies. The authorization of different HR functions can be distributed through E-HRM. Competitive business environments have compelled the organizations to think speedily to innovate and excel for their survival. Technology advancement is one of the powerful driving forces. It has reshaped the way we communicate, live, work and also the way a business is conducted. Corporations need to shift from physical technology to information technology, from capital centered economy to human centered economy, and further from conflict to cooperative working relationships. Since many years now, information technology seems to be affecting individuals and organizations...
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...The lesson we can derive from this case is that outsourcing is not just a wage difference between two places but skills and attitudes. Finally, there are a large number of US companies buying professional services from Asian countries. Clearly, skilled workers will be found and hired wherever they are. Countries, such as, India, Pakistan and China are good labor pools (Prahalad 2005.) It follows that multinational and global companies will find skilled labor overseas and start operations or buy services in foreign lands. Qua hay The influence of outsourcing should be recognized. Whirlpool, for instance, has a global network, supplies washing machines from Germany, and microwave ovens designed in Sweden that are and made in China while other appliances come from Brazil. Global companies develop first-rate centers of production and design in various countries. Countries that are abundant in human capital with a supplier base have a chance to become first-rate centers. Within this framework, designed to promote a global network, financing depends on corporate profits and funds owned by prospective partners. Du Pont, for instance, raises funds through joint ventures but retains corporate control by retaining at least 51% of the share. The importance of outsourcing and globalization is that some market imperfections are removed. When imperfections are removed, prices converge. This means that factor price differentials in...
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...UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PRE/CO-REQUISITES: NONE LEARNING HOURS: 200 hours, the exact of which is specified in the module guide LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this module, students will: Knowledge based outcomes: K1 Demonstrate a critical understanding of the range of approaches to HRM strategy formulation K2 Be able to identify and critique the key components of HRM within an international context K3 Demonstrate a critical awareness of strategic HRM interventions in a specified range of organisational activities. Skills based outcomes: S1 Be able to utilise an appropriate range of HRM techniques S2 Be able to apply strategic HRM to a range of national and international contexts CONTENT SYNOPSIS: The module is designed for students wishing to specialize in HRM who require an awareness of a wide range of modern strategic human resource management concepts, approaches and techniques. The central theme of the module is the consideration of how HRM may be used strategically to deliver organisational aims and organisational success. In particular the module will focus on the mechanisms for achieving the necessary integration of HRM and corporate strategy, in a range of contexts through the linkage of employee resourcing, employment relations, employee development, employee reward and employment law considerations. AMPLIFIED CONTENT: The nature of HR strategy Theories and models of HR strategy The relationship between HR strategy...
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...approaches has sparked widespread controversy in the human resource management (HRM) area. The topic has gained much scholarly attention because it not only addresses a theoretical controversy but also possesses a high degree of practical managerial significance. The essay has the aim to analyse best practice and best fit approaches in HRM of a multinational enterprise. The reader receives insight into Lincoln Electric's organization through a case-study analysis of practical HR approaches serving as a basis for developing practical managerial implications in the last part of the paper. 2. Critical evaluation of "best practice" and "best fit" practices in HRM 2.1 Best practice approach The best practice approach claims that certain bundles of HR activities exist which universally support companies in reaching a competitive advantage regardless of the organizational setting or industry (Redman and Wilkinson 2009). Best practice models imply a close connection between HR practices and organizational performance and are often associated with high commitment management (Paauwe & Boselie 2003). Empirical research in the best-practice field shows similar groups of HR polices which are especially suitable for maximizing performance irrespective of market and product strategies (Peffer 1998, Guest 2000). Best practice bundles of activities are characterized as mutually compatible HR activities which forge high levels of workforce competence, encourage motivation and introduce...
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...Contents Page No. Introduction 1 TASK 1 1-6 1.1 Human Resource Management (HRM) 1-3 1.2 Accounting 3 1.3 Marketing 4-6 1.4 Operations Management 5 TASK 2 Analyzing the Key Issues 7-9 2.1 Human Resource Management (HRM) 7 2.2 Marketing 8-9 Conclusion and recommendations 10 References 11 Introduction Understanding business is very important when a company is going to operate for the first time. Without understanding business and its core component like HRM, Marketing, accounting, and operational management it is difficult to initiate business efficiently. That is why these issues can play a big role in an organization and it is very necessary to understanding business. Eastern food is going to launch its business. So this organization should consider accounting, marketing, operational management and HRM factors so that Eastern food can overcome its challenge when it is starting its business. Task 01 1. human resource management: In the time of consideration of success in any business, human resource management (HRM) is the key player to go forward towards the goal. Only the effective and efficient employee can make every single complex task easier that is the main point to overall success in a certain period. Human resource management itself being thought responsible to operate some major function namely retreatment process, training, and other motivational work events. In the arrival of HRM it maintains the inflow and outflow of the human resource effectively. Eastern...
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...employees-in quick, to have a seat on the table. RECENT TRENDS IN HRM: Mr. P.Subba Rao,[1] in his book “Essentials of HRM and Industrial relations” identified the following trends in HRM...
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...emotional intelligence workshop presentations. In this page, I will analyze learning goals form each workshop and how to apply these learning outcomes in to HRM and HR course in the future. Team Sydney: Techniques for Internal Motivation: How This Can Lead to Achievement for Individuals and Businesses In terms of Content, team Sydney has focus on motivation and goal setting in their workshop and also they provide variety tools help participants to measure motivation in the future. Personally, I found that the overall of motivation workshop is pretty helpful. First I have learned how to set a smart goal and also how to maintain it. Second, I have learned some useful toolkit such as 360-degree feedback, S.M.A.R.T, H.A.R.D, and self-regulation. S-M-A-R-T and H-A-R-D I have learn S-M-A-R-T goal before, but H-A-R-D was a new concept for me. S-M-A-R-T goal means goal setting should comply with principle of specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-base (Taylor 2011). We will benefit form applying S-M-A-R-T goal to our HR course learning and HR profession, because S-M-A-R-T goal narrow down scope and enhance effectiveness of goal. When it comes to H-A-R-D, namely heartfelt, animated, required and difficult (Mind Tools, n.d.). Combining these two strategies allow us to maintain goals and also easily to measure it. As HRM Perspective Form perspective of human resource management, motivation can be very beneficial for overall organization. One things worth to mentioning...
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...HRM is the responsibility of every manager. Human Resource Management refers to the policies and practices involved in carrying out the people or the human resource aspects of a management position and are defined as the process of acquiring, training, appraising and compensating employees, and attending to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns. The components of Human Resource Management are Selection, Motivation, Productivity, Trade Unions, Training, Rewards System, Development, Discipline, Employment Legislation and Recruitment. Basic Human Resource concept states that HR creates value by engaging in activities that produce the employee behaviors that the company needs to achieve its strategic goals. The intensely competitive nature of business today means human resource managers must defend their plans and contributions in measurable terms. Current economic challenges require that HR managers develop new and better skills to effectively and efficiently deliver and manage HR services. The personnel aspects of a HR manager’s job include conducting job analysis, planning labor needs and recruiting job candidates, selecting job candidates, orienting and training new employees, managing wages and salaries, providing incentives and benefits, appraising performance, communicating, training and developing managers, and building employee commitment. Also, the HR manager’s today should also know and be concerned about notions such as equal opportunity and affirmative...
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...Teaching and Learning Strategy 6 7 Assessment 7 International Human Resource Management 2 University of London Course Introduction and Overview Centre for Financial and Management Studies 3 1 Course Objectives This course aims to introduce you to the study and practice of International Human Resource Management (IHRM). To benefit from this, you need, of course, to have a basic understanding of Human Resource Management (HRM) itself. HRM has developed from personnel management, but instead of concentrating primarily on the hiring and firing of staff, it is the strategic and coherent approach to the overall management of an organisation’s most valued assets – the people working there who contribute to the objectives of the business1. Its main aim is to develop personnel policies that improve employee relations at work. This course will, therefore, begin with an examination of the history and nature of Human Resource Management, before embedding it in its international context. In Unit 1, you will learn about the main tasks involved in HRM: • human resource planning • job...
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...Human resource management is no more than ‘old wine in new bottles’. Discuss. ‘’HRM is regarded by some personnel managers as just a set of initials or old wine in new bottles. It could indeed be no more and no less than another name for PM ’’ ( Armstrong, 1987) First we have to understand the meaning of HRM, but attempts to define HRM precisely have resulted in confusion and contradiction rather than clarity [Price, 1997]. However, according to Storey (1989) Human resource management is a completely different philosophy and an approach contrast to Personnel management. In his view, HRM provides a completely new form of managing personnel and can therefore be regarded as departure from the orthodoxy of traditional personnel management. The normative models of personnel management shows that PM is about selecting, developing, rewarding, and directing employees in such a way that not only will they achieve satisfaction and ‘give of their best’ at work, but by so doing enable the employing organization to achieve its goals. When considering the definition of Human resource management and Personnel management, there are many differences on the perspectives of researchers. Legge (1989) reviewed the definition of a variety of writers. She could come to conclude that there are three features which seems to distinguish HRM and personnel management (Guest,1990). These three differences will be analysed below: First of all, many statements about personnel management had been written...
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...Learning Organisations Moving towards a learning organization is something done BY people, not something done TO people or FOR people by someone else. So, the role of HR has to be in encouraging, facilitating, and supporting a move towards learning organizations. HR can never accomplish this themselves. Then, if executives want to move towards a learning organization, they should direct their operating units to do so, and direct HR to move into a supportive role. If it's the other way around, where HR gets the responsibility, it never works. Knowledge management (KM) "any practice or process of creating, acquiring, capturing, sharing and using knowledge, wherever it resides, to enhance learning and performance in organisations (Scarborough 1999). Knowledge management involves converting knowledge sources by classifying related information then circulating to make the information to take place. Not all information is knowledge or all knowledge is important. According to Blackler (1995), "knowledge is multifaceted and complex, implicit and explicit, physical and mental, verbal and encoded". He also categorises knowledge in four as: embedded (technological - collective), enculturel (Values, beliefs - collective), embodied (practical knowledge - individual), and embraced (theoretical understanding - individual). Contrast on Blackler, Nonaka (1991) proposes that knowledge could be either individual or collective, cannot be both. Yet another argument comes from Scarborough and Carter...
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...Chapter 2: Strategy and Human Resources Planning If nothing else, my students should learn that… • It is important for HRM to align its policies and processes with the business strategy in order to provide value to the organization (external fit), and that the policies and processes are mutually reinforcing (internal fit). HR planning follows the same pattern as organizational strategic planning, and hence the two processes are complementary. • In order to evaluate the effectiveness of strategy, it is imperative to take the ‘people side’ into consideration. Sole reliance on financial documents (e.g., financial statements, cash flow statements, income statements) largely ignores investment in human capital. Learning objectives • Identify the advantages of integrating human resources planning and strategic planning. • Understand how an organization’s competitive environment influences its strategic planning. • Understand why it is important for an organization to do an internal resource analysis. • Describe the basic tools used for human resources forecasting. • Explain the linkages between competitive strategies and human resources. • Understand what is required for a firm to successfully implement a strategy. • Recognize the methods for assessing and measuring the effectiveness of a firm’s strategy. Why is this chapter important? The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the nexus of strategy and HR planning...
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